Histopathological Study of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Pathoetiology of Coronary Thrombosis: A Comparative Study in Four Districts in Japan

JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 352-361

  Yutani, Chikao ^a   Ishibashi Ueda, Hatsue ^a   Konishi, Masamitsu ^b   Shibata, Junichi ^c   Arita, Mikio ^d  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b The Center for Adult Disease ^*  (Japan)

^c Asahikawa City Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary thrombosis; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK;

EID: 0023268951     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.51.352     Document Type: Article

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