Morphology of vulnerable coronary plaque: Insights from follow-up of patients examined by intravascular ultrasound before an acute coronary syndrome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 106-111

  Yamagishi, Masakazu ^a   Terashima, Mitsuyasu ^a   Awano, Kojiro ^b   Kijima, Mikihiro ^c   Nakatani, Satoshi ^a,b   Daikoku, Satoshi ^a   Ito, Kenichi ^c   Yasumura, Yoshio ^a   Miyatake, Kunio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b Miki City Hospital   (Japan)

^c HOSHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033972264     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00533-1     Document Type: Article

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