Virtual histology and the hunt for the vulnerable plaque

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2914-2915

  Saunamäki, Kari I ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROMATOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 33845677343     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehl373     Document Type: Editorial

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