Coronary plaque quantification and fractional flow reserve by coronary computed tomography angiography identify ischaemia-causing lesions

European Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 1220-1227

  Gaur, Sara ^a   Øvrehus, Kristian Altern ^a   Dey, Damini ^b   Leipsic, Jonathon ^c   Bøtker, Hans Erik ^a   Jensen, Jesper Møller ^a   Narula, Jagat ^d   Ahmadi, Amir ^c   Achenbach, Stephan ^e   Ko, Brian S ^f   Christiansen, Evald Høj ^a   Kaltoft, Anne Kjer ^a   Berman, Daniel S ^b   Bezerra, Hiram ^g   Lassen, Jens Flensted ^a   Nørgaard, Bjarne Linde ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Computed tomography angiography; Coronary plaque; Fractional flow reserve; Ischaemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY PLAQUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE, MYOCARDIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84965156655     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv690     Document Type: Article

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