Compensatory enlargement of human coronary arteries during progression of atherosclerosis is unrelated to atheroma burden: Serial intravascular ultrasound observations from the REVERSAL trial

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1664-1670

  Sipahi, Ilke ^a   Tuzcu, E Murat ^a   Schoenhagen, Paul ^a   Nicholls, Stephen J ^a   Ozduran, Volkan ^a   Kapadia, Samir ^a   Nissen, Steven E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Imaging; Intravascular ultrasound; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; PRAVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33745783298     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi796     Document Type: Article

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