Frequency and Distribution of Thin-Cap Fibroatheroma and Ruptured Plaques in Human Coronary Arteries. A Pathologic Study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 940-949

  Cheruvu, Pavan K ^a   Finn, Aloke V ^b   Gardner, Craig ^c   Caplan, Jay ^c   Goldstein, James ^d   Stone, Gregg W ^e   Virmani, Renu ^f   Muller, James E ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INFRAREDX INC   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^f CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RUPTURE; SYNDROME;

EID: 34548162559     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.04.086     Document Type: Article

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