Angioscopy of culprit coronary lesions in unstable angina pectoris and correlation of clinical presentation with plaque morphology

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 225-228

  Nesto, Richard W ^a   Waxman, Sergio ^a,b   Mittleman, Murray A ^a   Sassower, Michael A ^a   Fitzpatrick, Philip J ^a   Lewis, Stanley M ^a   Leeman, David E ^a   Shubrooks Jr , Samuel J ^a   Manzo, Karen ^a   Zarich, Stuart W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032518681     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00889-8     Document Type: Article

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