Intravascular imaging of coronary calcification and its clinical implications

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 461-471

  Mintz, Gary S ^a  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium; intravascular ultrasound; optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ECHOGRAPHY; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84928153412     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.02.003     Document Type: Review

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