Coronary plaque composition of nonculprit lesions, assessed by in vivo intracoronary ultrasound radio frequency data analysis, is related to clinical presentation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1020-1024

  Rodriguez Granillo, Gastón A ^a   Mc Fadden, Eugène P ^a   Valgimigli, Marco ^a   van Mieghem, Carlos A G ^a   Regar, Evelyn ^a   de Feyter, Pim J ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LIPID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENOSIS;

EID: 33646494357     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.06.040     Document Type: Article

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