Limitations of Angiography in the Assessment of Plaque Distribution in Coronary Artery Disease: A Systematic Study of Target Lesion Eccentricityb in 1446 Lesions

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 924-931

  Mintz, Gary S ^a   Popma, Jeffrey J ^a   Pichard, Augusto D ^a   Kent, Kenneth M ^a   Satler, Lowell F ^a   Chuang, Ya Chien ^a   DeFalco, Robert A ^a   Leon, Martin B ^a,b  

^a Washington Veterans Medical Center   (United States)

^b Washington Cardiology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary disease; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029866571     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.5.924     Document Type: Article

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