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SUBMITTER: Escolar E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1373755 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 20060201 4
New tomographic cardiovascular imaging tests, such as intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS), coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), can be used to assess atherosclerotic plaques for the characterization and early staging of coronary artery disease (CAD). Although IVUS images have very high resolution capable of revealing very early preclinical CAD, it is an invasive technique used clinically only in conjunction with a coronary intervention. Multiple-sl ...[more]