Characterization of plaque components with intravascular ultrasound elastography in human femoral and coronary arteries in vitro

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 617-623

  De Korte, Chris L ^a,d   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^b,c   Van Der Steen, Anton F W ^a,c   Woutman, Hein A ^b   Bom, Nicolaas ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Catheters; Elasticity; Plaque; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CATHETER; CORONARY ARTERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034622623     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.6.617     Document Type: Article

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