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Imaging Vulnerable Plaque in a Modern School of Cardiology – the PlaqueImage Project

Imaging Vulnerable Plaque in a Modern School of Cardiology – the PlaqueImage Project EDITORIAL Imaging Vulnerable Plaque in a Modern School of Cardiology – the PlaqueImage Project Theodora Benedek Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine Vulnerable plaques are atheromatous lesions with particular features that make CORRESPONDENCE them prone to rupture. Plaque rupture leads to the formation of an intracoronar y thrombus, in most of the cases associated with an acute coronar y syndrome. Thedora Benedek Str. Gheorghe Marinescu nr. 38 The detection of vulnerable plaques is one of the main goals of modern car- 540138 Târgu Mureș, Romania diac imaging, and coronary computed tomography angiography remains the Tel: +40 265 215 551 reference technique for plaque characterization due to its noninvasive nature E-mail: theodora.benedek@gmail.com associated with the possibility to provide complex information about plaque morphology and composition. e Th PlaqueImage project started in 2015 with the aim to train a team of re - searchers in the modern imaging of coronary plaques, making them highly qualified in multimodality cardiac imaging. Along with the progress recorded in understanding the complex mechanisms related to plaque vulnerabilization and rupture, the PlaqueImage project also had the role to train PhD students in modern research methodology. As a result, 14 PhD theses were completed, and a large number http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine de Gruyter

Imaging Vulnerable Plaque in a Modern School of Cardiology – the PlaqueImage Project

Benedek, Theodora
Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine , Volume 6 (1): 2 – Mar 1, 2021
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10.2478/jim-2021-0011
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EDITORIAL Imaging Vulnerable Plaque in a Modern School of Cardiology – the PlaqueImage Project Theodora Benedek Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine Vulnerable plaques are atheromatous lesions with particular features that make CORRESPONDENCE them prone to rupture. Plaque rupture leads to the formation of an intracoronar y thrombus, in most of the cases associated with an acute coronar y syndrome. Thedora Benedek Str. Gheorghe Marinescu nr. 38 The detection of vulnerable plaques is one of the main goals of modern car- 540138 Târgu Mureș, Romania diac imaging, and coronary computed tomography angiography remains the Tel: +40 265 215 551 reference technique for plaque characterization due to its noninvasive nature E-mail: theodora.benedek@gmail.com associated with the possibility to provide complex information about plaque morphology and composition. e Th PlaqueImage project started in 2015 with the aim to train a team of re - searchers in the modern imaging of coronary plaques, making them highly qualified in multimodality cardiac imaging. Along with the progress recorded in understanding the complex mechanisms related to plaque vulnerabilization and rupture, the PlaqueImage project also had the role to train PhD students in modern research methodology. As a result, 14 PhD theses were completed, and a large number

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