Vulnerable plaque: Relation of characteristics to degree of stenosis in human coronary arteries

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 928-931

  Mann, Jessica M ^a   Davies, Michael J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coronary disease; plaque; stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029812127     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.5.928     Document Type: Article

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