Integrated non-invasive approach to atherosclerosis with cardiac CT and carotid ultrasound in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.
Ludovico La GruttaMarta MarasàPatrizia ToiaDaniele AjelloDomenico AlbanoErica MaffeiEmanuele GrassedonioGiuseppina NovoMassimo GaliaGiuseppe CarusoSalvatore NovoFilippo CademartiriMassimo MidiriPublished in: La Radiologia medica (2016)
Atherosclerotic disease presents different imaging findings in the coronary tree and in the carotid district with respect to lesion severity, position along the vessel course, and composition of plaque.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- cardiovascular disease
- south africa
- left ventricular
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- dual energy
- coronary artery
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance
- aortic valve
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement