Stenting of culprit lesions in unstable angina leads to a marked reduction in plaque burden: A major role of plaque embolization? A serial intravascular ultrasound study

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2320-2325

  Prati, Francesco ^c   Pawłowski, Tomasz ^a   Gil, Robert ^d   Labellarte, Antonella ^a   Gziut, Aneta ^b   Caradonna, Eugenio ^d   Manzoli, Alessandro ^d   Pappalardo, Alessandro ^d   Burzotta, Francesco ^d   Boccanelli, Alessandro ^d  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ministry of Interior and Administration Republic of Poland Central Clinical Hospital   (Poland)

^c European Imaging Laboratory   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Stents; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY STENT; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY VESSELS; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS;

EID: 0037648842     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000066695.24697.07     Document Type: Article

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