Vulnerable plaques: Let's stop sinking on submerged icebergs?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 349-351

  Di Mario, C ^a  

^a EMO GVM CENTRO CUORE COLUMBUS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BALLOON DILATATION; EDITORIAL; ELASTOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0036522280     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2001.3025     Document Type: Editorial

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