Coronary CT angiography features of ruptured and high-risk atherosclerotic plaques: Correlation with intra-vascular ultrasound

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 455-461

  Obaid, Daniel R ^a   Calvert, Patrick A ^a   Brown, Adam ^a   Gopalan, Deepa ^b   West, Nick E J ^b   Rudd, James H F ^a   Bennett, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary computed tomography angiography; Intravascular ultrasound; Ruptured plaque; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THICK CAP FIBROATHEROMA; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; AGED; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 85029011055     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2017.09.001     Document Type: Article

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