Comparison of ruptured plaques in native coronary arteries and in saphenous vein grafts: An intravascular ultrasound study

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 593-597

  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   Kalinczuk, Lukasz ^a   Bieganski, Szymon ^a   Ohlmann, Patrick ^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

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RUPTURE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 32844454962     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.09.094     Document Type: Article

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