Improved Correlation between Carotid and Coronary Atherosclerosis SYNTAX Score Using Automated Ultrasound Carotid Bulb Plaque IMT Measurement

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1247-1262

  Ikeda, Nobutaka ^a   Gupta, Ajay ^b   Dey, Nilanjan ^c   Bose, Soumyo ^d   Shafique, Shoaib ^e   Arak, Tadashi ^e   Godia, Elisa Cuadrado ^f   Saba, Luca ^g   Laird, John R ^h   Nicolaides, Andrew ^i,j   Suri, Jasjit S ^c,k,l  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FEIL FAMILY BRAIN AND MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BioMedical Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

^e TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^f HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^k AtheroPoint LLC   (United States)

^l IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Angiogram; Automated carotid intima media thickness; B mode; Bulb plaque; Carotid artery; Coronary artery disease; Correlation; SYNTAX score; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CORRELATION METHODS; DISEASES; HEART; SYNTACTICS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

ANGIOGRAM; BULB PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; SYNTAX SCORE;

AUTOMATION;

ADVENTITIA; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNTAX SCORE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84927568024     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.12.024     Document Type: Article

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