Intravascular Ultrasound Profile Analysis of Ruptured Coronary Plaques

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 429-435

  Fujii, Kenichi ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^a   Carlier, Stéphane G ^a   di Ribamar Costa Jr , Jose ^a   Kimura, Masashi ^a   Sano, Koichi ^a   Tanaka, Kaoru ^a   Costa, Ricardo A ^a   Lui, Joanna ^a   Stone, Gregg W ^a   Moses, Jeffrey W ^a   Leon, Martin B ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY LESION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCULATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33746749963     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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