Incremental prognostic value of quantified vulnerable plaque by cardiac computed tomography

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 373-379

  Dwivedi, Girish ^a   Liu, Yingwei ^a   Tewari, Shrankhala ^a   Inacio, Joao ^b   Pelletier Galarneau, Matthieu ^b   Chow, Benjamin J W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; cardiac computed tomography; prognostic value; quantified vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROGNOSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PROCEDURES;

AGED; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84991665775     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000236     Document Type: Article

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