In vivo quantitative tissue characterization of angiographically normal coronary lesions and the relation with risk factors: A study using integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 543-549

  Sano, Keiji ^a   Kawasaki, Masanori ^a   Okubo, Munenori ^a   Yokoyama, Haruko ^a   Ito, Yoko ^a   Murata, Ichijiro ^a   Kawai, Takao ^a   Tsuchiya, Kunihiko ^a   Nishigaki, Kazuhiko ^a   Takemura, Genzou ^a   Minatoguchi, Shinya ^a   Zhou, Xiangrong ^a   Fujita, Hiroshi ^a   Fujiwara, Hisayoshi ^a,b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Imaging; Plaque; Tissue; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRATE; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR FIBROSIS;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 19944424862     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.543     Document Type: Article

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