Plaque characterization: Surrogate markers or the real thing?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1185-1187

  Wickline, Samuel A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FIBRIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR TISSUE;

EID: 1842530297     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.01.009     Document Type: Editorial

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