Extensive development of vulnerable plaques as a pan-coronary process in patients with myocardial infarction: An angioscopic study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1284-1288

  Asakura, Masanori ^a   Ueda, Yasunori ^b   Yamaguchi, Osamu ^a   Adachi, Takayoshi ^c   Hirayama, Atsushi ^b   Hori, Masatsugu ^a   Kodama, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Osaka South National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035312553     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(01)01135-4     Document Type: Article

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