Plaque blush, branch location, and calcification are angiographic predictors of progression of mild to moderate coronary stenoses

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 813-820

  Casscells, Ward ^a,b   Hassan, Khaled ^a   Vaseghi, Moein F ^a   Siadaty, Mir Said ^a   Naghavi, Morteza ^a   Kirkeeide, Richard L ^a   Hassan, Mohammad R ^a   Madjid, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEAR RATE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0038742107     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(02)94727-7     Document Type: Article

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