The vulnerable plaque: A necessary concept in the management of atherothrombosis;La plaque vulnérable: Un concept nécessaire dans la prise en charge de l'athérothrombose

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1210-1214

  Rioufol, G ^a   Finet, G ^a  

^a LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; THERMOGRAPHY; THROMBOGENESIS;

EID: 0036952460     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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