Intravascular ultrasound evidence of ostial narrowing in nonatherosclerotic left main coronary arteries

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 773-775

  Iyisoy, Atilla ^a   Ziada, Khaled ^a   Schoenhagen, Paul ^a   Tsutsui, Hiroshi ^a   Kapadia, Samir ^a   Popovich, Jennifer ^a   Rincon, Gustavo ^a   Nissen, Steven E ^a   Tuzcu, E Murat ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY SINUS; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUNICA INTIMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0036803253     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02610-3     Document Type: Article

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