Role of intravascular ultrasound imaging in identifying vulnerable plaques

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Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-41

  Ge, Junbo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intravascular ultrasound; Myocardial infarction; Plaque rupture; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RUPTURE;

EID: 0033033159     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043816     Document Type: Review

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