Documentation by intravascular ultrasound of thrombus overlying a small atheromatous plaque in a coronary artery in unstable angina pectoris and in acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1568-1570

  Birnbaum, Yochai ^a   Luo, Huai ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^a   Samuels, Bruce ^a   Siegel, Robert J ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0030986635     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00199-9     Document Type: Article

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