Relation between plasma fibrinogen level and coronary plaque morphology in patients with stable angina pectoris

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1401-1404

  Nishikawa, Kenichirou ^a   Satomura, Kimio ^a   Miyake, Takayuki ^b   Isoda, Kikuo ^a   Takase, Bonpei ^a   Nishizawa, Kenya ^a   Arakawa, Koh ^a   Shibuya, Toshio ^a   Ohsuzu, Fumitaka ^a   Mizuno, Kyouichi ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Sekishinkai Sayama Hospital   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; STATIN; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035877097     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01563-6     Document Type: Article

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