Histological evaluation of coronary plaque in patients with variant angina: Relationship between vasospasm and neointimal hyperplasia in primary coronary lesions

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 198-205

  Suzuki, Hiromasa ^a,c   Kawai, Sachio ^b   Aizawa, Tadanori ^c   Kato, Kazuzo ^a   Sunayama, Satoshi ^b   Okada, Ryozo ^a   Yamaguchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b THE CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0032896815     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00520-8     Document Type: Article

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