Evaluation of coronary plaque characteristics with coronary computed tomography angiography in patients with non-obstructive coronary artery disease: A long-term follow-up study

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1170-1178

  Conte, Edoardo ^a   Annoni, Andrea ^a   Pontone, Gianluca ^a   Mushtaq, Saima ^a   Guglielmo, Marco ^a   Baggiano, Andrea ^a   Volpato, Valentina ^a   Agalbato, Cecilia ^a   Bonomi, Alice ^a   Veglia, Fabrizio ^a   Formenti, Alberto ^a   Fiorentini, Cesare ^a,b   Bartorelli, Antonio L ^a,c   Pepi, Mauro ^a   Andreini, Daniele ^a,b  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; coronary computed tomography angiography; non obstructive coronary artery disease; prevention; vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY PLAQUE; DYSPNEA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SMOKING; SPOTTY CALCIFICATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EVALUATION STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 85041186691     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew200     Document Type: Article

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