Vulnerable Plaque: Detection and Management

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 573-601

  Gössl, Mario ^a   Versari, Daniele ^a   Hildebrandt, Heike ^a   Mannheim, Dallit ^a   Olson, Monica L ^a   Lerman, Lilach O ^a   Lerman, Amir ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 34447318619     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2007.03.004     Document Type: Review

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