Incidence of high-strain patterns in human coronary arteries: Assessment with three-dimensional intravascular palpography and correlation with clinical presentation

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2716-2719

  Schaar, Johannes A ^a,b   Regar, Evelyn ^a   Mastik, Frits ^a   McFadden, Eugene P ^a   Saia, Francesco ^a   Disco, Clemens ^c   De Korte, Chris L ^a,b   De Feyter, Pim J ^a   Van Der Steen, Antonius F W ^a,b   Serruys, Patrick W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c CARDIALYSIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Catheters; Elasticity; Plaque; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVASCULAR PALPOGRAHY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY VESSELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 2942579077     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000131887.65955.3B     Document Type: Article

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