Incidence and clinical correlates of ruptured plaques in saphenous vein grafts: An intravascular ultrasound study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1974-1979

  Pregowski, Jerzy ^a   Tyczynski, Pawel ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Kim, Sang Wook ^a   Witkowski, Adam ^c   Waksman, Ron ^a   Pichard, Augusto ^a   Satler, Lowell ^a   Kent, Kenneth ^a   Kruk, Mariusz ^a   Bieganski, Szymon ^a   Ohlmann, Patrick ^a   Weissman, Neil J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE RUPTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTIMA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; ULCER;

EID: 20444479517     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.02.078     Document Type: Article

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