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Parameters for coronary plaque vulnerability assessed with multidetector computed tomography and intracoronary ultrasound correlation

Eleni C. VourvouriFrancesca PuglieseNico R. MolletLudovico La GruttaWillem B. MeijboomGaston A. Rodriguez-granilloFilippo CademartiriJurgen LigthartPim J. De FeyterGabriel P. Krestin

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medicine.medical_specialtyAcute coronary syndromeVulnerabilityCoronary Angiographymedicine.disease_causeRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexLesionCorrelationPredictive Value of TestsRisk FactorsInternal medicineIntravascular ultrasoundHumansMedicineAcute Coronary SyndromeUltrasonography InterventionalRupturemedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryCoronary StenosisGeneral MedicinePrognosismedicine.diseaseVulnerable plaqueStenosisCardiologyRadiologymedicine.symptomTomography X-Ray ComputedCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessSettore MED/36 - Diagnostica Per Immagini E Radioterapiacomputed tomography intravascular ultrasound plaque remodeling vulnerable plaqueCalcification

description

In the absence of a fixed relationship between plaque vulnerability and flow-limiting stenosis, alternative morphological expressions exist that could predict the liability of coronary lesions to rapidly progress or rupture, causing acute coronary syndromes. Modern multidetector computed tomography technology is capable of noninvasively detecting lesion location, attenuation, remodeling and calcification pattern, which may be considered as surrogate morphological markers of vulnerability and could contribute to increase the prognostic value of individual coronary plaque burden. J Cardiovasc Med 10:821 -826 (C) 2009 Italian Federation of Cardiology.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2009-01-01
http://hdl.handle.net/10447/46736