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Highly Inflamed Non-Calcified Coronary Plaques Sealed with Stents in Patients with Zero Calcium Score – a Case Series and Review of the Literature Cover

Highly Inflamed Non-Calcified Coronary Plaques Sealed with Stents in Patients with Zero Calcium Score – a Case Series and Review of the Literature

Journal of Cardiovascular Emergencies
Volume 10 (2024): Issue 1 (March 2024)
By: Botond-Barna Mátyás,  Renáta Gerculy,  Nóra Rat,  Emanuel Blîndu,  Alexandra Gorea Stănescu,  Aurelian Roșca,  Corneliu-Florin Buicu,  Imre Benedek and  Theodora Benedek  
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|Dec 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jce-2023-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2457-5518 | Journal ISSN: 2457-550X
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Language: English
Page range: 38 - 44
Submitted on: Oct 21, 2023
Accepted on: Nov 12, 2023
Published on: Dec 9, 2023
Published by: Asociatia Transilvana de Terapie Transvasculara si Transplant KARDIOMED
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
non-calcified plaque,
calcium score,
coronary computed tomography angiography,
fat attenuation index,
coronary inflammation
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Cardiology,
Emergency medicine and intensive-care medicine,
Radiology

© 2023 Botond-Barna Mátyás, Renáta Gerculy, Nóra Rat, Emanuel Blîndu, Alexandra Gorea Stănescu, Aurelian Roșca, Corneliu-Florin Buicu, Imre Benedek, Theodora Benedek, published by Asociatia Transilvana de Terapie Transvasculara si Transplant KARDIOMED
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