Composition of coronary atherosclerotic plaques in patients with acute myocardial infarction and stable angina pectoris determined by contrast-enhanced multislice computed tomography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 714-718

  Leber, Alexander W ^a   Knez, Andreas ^b   White, Carl W ^b   Becker, Alexander ^b   Von Ziegler, Franz ^b   Muehling, Olaf ^b   Becker, Christoph ^b   Reiser, Maximilian ^b   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^b   Boekstegers, Peter ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CALCIUM; HEPARIN; IOPAMIDOL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0037443565     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03411-2     Document Type: Article

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