Vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque: A multifocal disease

Circulation

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2072-2075

  Casscells, Ward ^a   Naghavi, Morteza ^b   Willerson, James T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THERMOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038523967     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000069329.70061.68     Document Type: Short Survey

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