Incremental prognostic value of quantitative plaque assessment in coronary CT angiography during 5 years of follow up

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 97-104

  Nadjiri, Jonathan ^a   Hausleiter, Jörg ^b   Jähnichen, Christin ^a   Will, Albrecht ^a   Hendrich, Eva ^a   Martinoff, Stefan ^a   Hadamitzky, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary computed tomographic angiography; Napkin ring sign; Plaque characterization; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW ATTENUATION PLAQUE VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORISE SCORE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; TIME FACTOR; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASCULAR REMODELING;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASCULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84960799768     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2016.01.007     Document Type: Article

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