2. The role of plaque rupture in the development of acute coronary syndrome evaluated by the coronary angioscope

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 333-335

  Kodama, Kazuhisa ^a   Asakura, Masanori ^a   Ueda, Yasunori ^a   Yamaguchi, Osamau ^a   Hirayama, Atsushi ^a  

^a OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hyperlipidemia; Thrombus; Vulnerable plaque; Yellow plaque

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RUPTURE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0034167570     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.333     Document Type: Article

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