Functional behavior and morphology of the coronary artery wall in patients with Kawasaki disease assessed by intravascular ultrasound

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 291-296

  Suzuki, Atsuko ^a,b   Yamagishi, Masakazu ^a   Kimura, Kouji ^a   Sugiyama, Hisashi ^a   Arakaki, Yoshio ^a   Kamiya, Tetsuro ^a   Miyatake, Kunio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKYO TEISHIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030060588     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00447-5     Document Type: Article

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