Acute myocardial infarction without disrupted yellow plaque in young patients below 50 years old

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-181

  Ueda, Yasunori ^a   Okada, Katsuki ^a   Ogasawara, Nobuyuki ^a   Oyabu, Jota ^a   Hirayama, Atsushi ^a   Kodama, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34249324819     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2007.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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