TY - JOUR
T1 - IMAGING TECHNIQUES FOR THE VULNERABLE CORONARY PLAQUE
AU - Midiri, Massimo
AU - La Grutta, Ludovico
AU - Palumbo, null
AU - La Grutta, Ludovico
AU - Maffei, Erica
AU - Alberghina, null
AU - Aldrovandi, null
AU - Belgrano, null
AU - Cova, null
AU - Cademartiri, Filippo
AU - Krestin, Gabriel P.
AU - Pugliese, null
AU - Malagò, null
AU - Runza, Giuseppe
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The goal of this article is to illustrate the main invasive and noninvasive diagnostic modalities to image the vulnerable coronary plaque, which is responsible for acute coronary syndrome. The main epidemiologic and histological issues are briefly discussed in order to provide an adequate background. Comprehensive coronary atherosclerosis imaging should involve visualization of the entire coronary artery tree and plaque characterization, including three-dimensional morphology, relationship with the lumen, composition, vascular remodelling and presence of inflammation. No single technique provides such a comprehensive description, and no available modality extensively identifies the vulnerable plaque. In particular, we describe multislice computed tomography, which at present seems to be the most promising noninvasive tool for an exhaustive image-based quantification of coronary atherosclerosis
AB - The goal of this article is to illustrate the main invasive and noninvasive diagnostic modalities to image the vulnerable coronary plaque, which is responsible for acute coronary syndrome. The main epidemiologic and histological issues are briefly discussed in order to provide an adequate background. Comprehensive coronary atherosclerosis imaging should involve visualization of the entire coronary artery tree and plaque characterization, including three-dimensional morphology, relationship with the lumen, composition, vascular remodelling and presence of inflammation. No single technique provides such a comprehensive description, and no available modality extensively identifies the vulnerable plaque. In particular, we describe multislice computed tomography, which at present seems to be the most promising noninvasive tool for an exhaustive image-based quantification of coronary atherosclerosis
KW - CT
KW - Coronary artery disease
KW - Imaging
KW - Multislice computed tomography
KW - Vulnerable plaque
KW - CT
KW - Coronary artery disease
KW - Imaging
KW - Multislice computed tomography
KW - Vulnerable plaque
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/2344
M3 - Article
VL - 112
SP - 637
EP - 659
JO - LA RADIOLOGIA MEDICA
JF - LA RADIOLOGIA MEDICA
SN - 0033-8362
ER -