Coronary artery remodelling and the assessment of stenosis by pathologists

Histopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 497-500

  Davies, M J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTIFACTS; AUTOPSY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PATHOLOGY; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0031647047     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1998.00600.x     Document Type: Review

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