Plaque instability frequently occurs days or weeks before occlusive coronary thrombosis: A pathological thrombectomy study in primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Circulation

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1160-1165

  Rittersma, Saskia Z H ^a   Van Der Wal, Allard C ^a   Koch, Karel T ^a   Piek, Jan J ^a   Henriques, José P S ^a   Mulder, Karla J ^a   Ploegmakers, Johanna P H M ^a   Meesterman, Martin ^a   De Winter, Robbert J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Occlusion; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBECTOMY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STENTS; SUCTION; THROMBECTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14944379151     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000157141.00778.AC     Document Type: Article

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