Noninvasive Imaging of Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression: Status of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography.

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Published in Circ Cardiovasc Imaging on July 01, 2015

Authors

Veit Sandfort1, Joao A C Lima1, David A Bluemke2

Author Affiliations

1: From the Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (V.S., D.A.B.); and Department of Radiology (J.A.C.L.) and Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine (J.A.C.L.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
2: From the Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (V.S., D.A.B.); and Department of Radiology (J.A.C.L.) and Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine (J.A.C.L.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. bluemked@cc.nih.gov.

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