Cumulative incidence of coronary lesions with vulnerable characteristics in patients with stable angina pectoris: An intravascular ultrasound and angiographic study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-206

  Kruk, Mariusz ^a   Przyluski, Jakub ^a   Kalińczuk, Łukasz ^a   Pregowski, Jerzy ^a   Chmielak, Zbigniew ^a   Dȩbski, Artur ^a   Demkow, Marcin ^a   Jodkowski, Józef ^a   Bilińska, Zofia T ^a   Witkowski, Adam ^a   Ruzyłło, Witold ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Intravascular ultrasound; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STENOSIS;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 20744440349     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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