Coronary Artery Plaque Characteristics Associated With Adverse Outcomes in the SCOT-HEART Study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 291-301

  Williams, Michelle C ^a,b   Moss, Alastair J ^a   Dweck, Marc ^a,b   Adamson, Philip D ^a,c   Alam, Shirjel ^a   Hunter, Amanda ^a   Shah, Anoop S V ^a   Pawade, Tania ^a   Weir McCall, Jonathan R ^d   Roditi, Giles ^e   van Beek, Edwin J R ^b   Newby, David E ^a,b   Nicol, Edward D ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atherosclerotic plaque; computed tomography; coronary angiography; coronary artery disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCINOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 85059740668     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.10.066     Document Type: Article

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