Volumetric quantitative analysis of tissue characteristics of coronary plaques after statin therapy using three-dimensional integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1946-1953

  Kawasaki, Masanori ^a   Sano, Keiji ^a   Okubo, Munenori ^a   Yokoyama, Haruko ^a   Ito, Yoko ^a   Murata, Ichijiro ^a   Tsuchiya, Kunihiko ^a   Minatoguchi, Shinya ^a   Zhou, Xiangrong ^a   Fujita, Hiroshi ^a   Fujiwara, Hisayoshi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PRAVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; CORONARY STENOSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRAVASTATIN; PYRROLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 20444475835     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.09.081     Document Type: Article

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