Arterial calcification and not lumen stenosis is highly correlated with atherosclerotic plaque burden in humans: A histologic study of 723 coronary artery segments using nondecalcifying methodology

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 126-133

  Sangiorgi, Giuseppe ^a   Rumberger, John A ^a   Severson, Arlen ^b   Edwards, William D ^a   Gregoire, Jean ^a   Fitzpatrick, Lorraine A ^a   Schwartz, Robert S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DENSITOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031931187     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00443-9     Document Type: Article

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