Dark crescent sign: high-risk calcified coronary plaque detected by electrocardiogram-gated non-contrast computed tomography
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Abstract Electrocardiogram-gated non-contrast computed tomography can discriminate a dark crescent-shaped calcified plaque characterised as a low-intensity area surrounded by high-intensity signals. Careful attention should be paid to performing a percutaneous coronary intervention for a plaque with the dark crescent sign because of its potential high risk of no-flow phenomenon.
2012 ◽
Vol 60
(11)
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pp. 1029-1030
2016 ◽
Vol 10
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pp. 221-228
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