Atherosclerotic coronary lesions with inadequate compensatory enlargement have smaller plaque and vessel volumes: Observations with three dimensional intravascular ultrasound in vivo

Heart

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-142

  Von Birgelen, C ^a   Mintz, G S ^c   De Vrey, E A ^c   Kimura, T ^b   Popma, J J ^c   Airiian, S G ^a   Leon, M B ^c   Nobuyoshi, M ^b   Serruys, P W ^a   De Feyter, P J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KOKURA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Intravascular ultrasound; Remodelling; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 15444355991     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.79.2.137     Document Type: Article

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