The natural history of unheralded complex coronary plagues

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 604-608

  Chester, Michael R ^a,b   Chen, Lijia ^a   Kaski, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0030248111     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00235-5     Document Type: Article

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