Incidence of compensatory enlargement and paradoxical shrinkage of coronary arteries in presence of atherosclerotic lesions: An intracoronary ultrasound study based on multiple cross-section analysis per artery

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1063-1071

  Prati, Francesco ^a,c   Mallus, Maria Teresa ^a   Parma, Antonio ^b   Lioy, Ernesto ^b   Pagano, Antonio ^a   Boccanelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intracoronary ultrasound; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031732437     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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