How big are coronary atherosclerotic plaques that rupture?

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2662-2666

  Fishbein, Michael C ^a,b   Siegel, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arteries; atherosclerosis; plaque; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0029835502     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.10.2662     Document Type: Review

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