The thin-cap fibroatheroma: A type of vulnerable plaque the major precursor lesion to acute coronary syndromes

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 285-292

  Kolodgie, Frank D ^a   Burke, Allen P ^a   Farb, Andrew ^a   Gold, Herman K ^a   Yuan, Junying ^b   Narula, Jagat ^c   Finn, Aloke V ^d   Virmani, Renu ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATROPHY; CELL DEATH; FIBROADENOMA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0034791530     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001573-200109000-00006     Document Type: Review

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