Plaque Composition in the Left Main Stem Mimics the Distal But Not the Proximal Tract of the Left Coronary Artery. Influence of Clinical Presentation, Length of the Left Main Trunk, Lipid Profile, and Systemic Levels of C-Reactive Protein

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-31

  Valgimigli, Marco ^a   Rodriguez Granillo, Gastón A ^a   Garcia Garcia, Héctor M ^a   Vaina, Sophia ^a   De Jaegere, Peter ^a   De Feyter, Pim ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LIPID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33845981126     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.03.073     Document Type: Article

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