Considerable time from the onset of plaque rupture and/or thrombi until the onset of acute myocardial infarction in humans: Coronary angiographic findings within 1 week before the onset of infarction

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2063-2069

  Ojio, Shinsuke ^b   Takatsu, Hisato ^a,b   Tanaka, Tsutomu ^b   Ueno, Katsumi ^b   Yokoya, Koichi ^g   Matsubara, Tetsuo ^c   Suzuki, Takahiko ^g   Watanabe, Sachiro ^c   Morita, Norihiko ^d   Kawasaki, Masanori ^a,b   Nagano, Toshihiko ^a,e   Nishio, Itsuki ^e   Sakai, Kazuyoshi ^f   Nishigaki, Kazuhiko ^a,b   Takemura, Genzou ^a,b   Noda, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Minatoguchi, Shinya ^a,b   Fujiwara, Hisayoshi ^a,b,h  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Gifu Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d GIFU PREFECTURAL GIFU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

^f National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^g TOSEI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h National Toyohasi Higashi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary disease; Myocardial infarction; Plaque

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NITRATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034711124     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.17.2063     Document Type: Article

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