Who wants his plaque sealed?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 494-495

  Oberhoff, Martin ^a   Karsch, Karl R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; STATINE DERIVATIVE;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENT;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037343599     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-668X(02)00818-7     Document Type: Editorial

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