Identifying small coronary calcification in non-contrast 0.5-mm slice reconstruction to diagnose coronary artery disease in patients with a conventional zero coronary artery calcium score

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1324-1333

  Urabe, Yoji ^a   Yamamoto, Hideya ^a   Kitagawa, Toshiro ^a   Utsunomiya, Hiroto ^a   Tsushima, Hiroshi ^a   Tatsugami, Fuminari ^a   Awai, Kazuo ^a   Kihara, Yasuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery calcium; Coronary CT angiography; Coronary plaque; Small calcification

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGATSTON SCORE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 85005949893     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.35808     Document Type: Article

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