Coronary artery remodelling in atherosclerosis: Unfortunately unpredictable

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1761-1763

  De Caterina, Raffaele ^a   Zimarino, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY REMODELLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS;

EID: 33748082632     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl129     Document Type: Editorial

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