Morphologic and angiographic features of coronary plaque rupture detected by intravascular ultrasound

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 904-910

  Maehara, Akiko ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Bui, Anh B ^a   Walter, Olga R ^a   Castagna, Marco T ^a   Canos, Daniel ^a   Pichard, August D ^a   Satler, Lowell F ^a   Waksman, Ron ^a   Suddath, William O ^a   Laird Jr, John R ^a   Kent, Kenneth M ^a   Weissman, Neil J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; THROMBUS; ULCER; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0037019565     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02047-8     Document Type: Article

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