Association between plasmin activation system and intravascular ultrasound signs of plaque instability in patients with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 158-164

  Gyöngyösi, Mariann ^a   Glogar, Dietmar ^a   Weidinger, Franz ^a   Domanovits, Hans ^a   Laggner, Anton ^a   Wojta, Johann ^a   Zorn, Gerlinde ^a   Iordanova, Nelli ^a   Huber, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; D DIMER; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX; TISSUE FACTOR PATHWAY INHIBITOR; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; THROMBUS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0346786486     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.07.015     Document Type: Article

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