Angiographic plaque complexity: The tip of the unstable plaque iceberg

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1464-1467

  Goldstein, James A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0036569211     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01772-2     Document Type: Editorial

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