Assessment of culprit plaque temperature by intracoronary thermography appears inconclusive in patients with acute coronary syndromes

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1889-1894

  Rzeszutko, Łukasz ^a   Legutko, Jacek ^a   Kałuza, Grzegorz L ^b   Wizimirski, Marcin ^a   Richter, Angela ^c   Chyrchel, Michał ^a   Heba, Grzegorz ^a   Dubiel, Jacek S ^a   Dudek, Dariusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Volcano Europe   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Infarction; Ischemia; Plaque; Temperature; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY VESSELS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SAFETY; SYNDROME; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746799003     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000232500.93340.54     Document Type: Article

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