Relation between baseline plaque burden and subsequent remodelling of atherosclerotic left main coronary arteries: A serial intravascular ultrasound study with long-term (≥12 months) follow-up

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1778-1784

  Hartmann, Marc ^a   Von Birgelen, Clemens ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Verhorst, Patrick M J ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^c  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Intravascular ultrasound; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748035051     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl034     Document Type: Article

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