Intracoronary Thermography for Detection of High-Risk Vulnerable Plaques

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Madjid, Mohammad ^a,b   Willerson, James T ^a,b   Casscells, S Ward ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; ANIMAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646022567     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.11.050     Document Type: Review

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