Coronary Atherosclerotic Precursors of Acute Coronary Syndromes

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 71, Issue 22, 2018, Pages 2511-2522

  Chang, Hyuk Jae ^a   Lin, Fay Y ^b   Lee, Sang Eun ^a   Andreini, Daniele ^c   Bax, Jeroen ^d   Cademartiri, Filippo ^e   Chinnaiyan, Kavitha ^f   Chow, Benjamin J W ^g   Conte, Edoardo ^c   Cury, Ricardo C ^h   Feuchtner, Gudrun ⁱ   Hadamitzky, Martin ^j   Kim, Yong Jin ^k   Leipsic, Jonathon ^l   Maffei, Erica ^m   Marques, Hugo ⁿ   Plank, Fabian ⁱ   Pontone, Gianluca ^c   Raff, Gilbert L ^f   van Rosendael, Alexander R ^d   Villines, Todd C ^o   Weirich, Harald G ⁱ   Al'Aref, Subhi J ^b   Baskaran, Lohendran ^b   Cho, Iksung ^a,b,p   Danad, Ibrahim ^q   Han, Donghee ^a,b   Heo, Ran ^r   Lee, Ji Hyun ^a,b   Rivzi, Asim ^b,s   Stuijfzand, Wijnand J ^b   Gransar, Heidi ^t   Lu, Yao ^b   Sung, Ji Min ^a   Park, Hyung Bok ^a   Berman, Daniel S ^t   Budoff, Matthew J ^u   Samady, Habib ^v   Shaw, Leslee J ^v   Stone, Peter H ^w   Virmani, Renu ^x   Narula, Jagat ^y   Min, James K ^b   more..

^a Yonsei University Health System   (South Korea)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

^f WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^h BAPTIST CARDIAC AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^j TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^k Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^m Area Vasta 1/ASUR Marche ^*  (Italy)

ⁿ HOSPITAL DA LUZ   (Portugal)

^o Walter Reed National Military   (United States)

^p Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^q VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^r University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^s MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^t CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^u LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^v EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^w BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^x CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^y MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; atherosclerosis; clinical outcome; coronary artery disease; coronary computed tomography angiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85047161744     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.02.079     Document Type: Article

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