Regression of an atherosclerotic coronary artery plaque demonstrated by multislice spiral computed tomography in a patient with stable angina pectoris

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 224-226

  Sato, Yuichi ^a   Inoue, Fumio ^a   Yashimura, Akihiro ^a   Fukui, Takahiro ^a   Imazeki, Takako ^a   Kato, Masahiko ^a   Ono, Hideki ^a   Yoda, Shunichi ^a   Mitsui, Masayasu ^a   Matsumoto, Naoya ^a   Furuhashi, Satoru ^a   Takahashi, Motoichiro ^a   Kanmatsuse, Katsuo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery plaque; Intracoronary ultrasound; Multislice spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

METOPROLOL; PRAVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 10744230788     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-003-0712-1     Document Type: Article

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