Serial intravascular ultrasound evidence of both plaque stabilization and lesion progression in patients with ruptured coronary plaques: Effects of statin therapy on ruptured coronary plaque

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-114

  Hong, Myeong Ki ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Lee, Cheol Whan ^a   Suh, Il Woo ^a   Hwang, Eui Seok ^a   Jeong, Young Hoon ^a   Park, Duk Woo ^a   Kim, Young Hak ^a   Han, Ki Hoon ^a   Cheong, Sang Sig ^a   Kim, Jae Joong ^a   Park, Seong Wook ^a   Park, Seung Jung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Plaque; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GEMFIBROZIL; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIMVASTATIN; STATINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33846880499     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.02.040     Document Type: Article

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