Intravascular ultrasound assessment of ruptured atherosclerotic plaques in left main coronary arteries

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 794-798

  Tyczynski, Pawel ^a   Pregowski, Jerzy ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Witkowski, Adam ^c   Kim, Sang W ^a   Waksman, Ron ^a   Satler, Lowell ^a   Pichard, Augusto ^a   Kalinczuk, Lukasz ^a   Maehara, Akiko ^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; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTIMA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THROMBUS; TISSUE FLAP; ULCER; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 24944543937     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.05.022     Document Type: Article

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