Evidence of multifocal activity of coronary disease in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1145-1151

  Guazzi, Maurizio D ^a,b   Bussotti, Maurizio ^a   Grancini, Luca ^a   De Cesare, Nicoletta ^a   Guazzi, Marco ^a   Pera, Isidoro L ^a   Loaldi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Cardiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angina; Myocardial infarction; Plaque; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOGENESIS; THROMBUS;

EID: 0030847798     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.4.1145     Document Type: Article

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