Relationship between longitudinal morphology of ruptured plaques and TIMI flow grade in acute coronary syndrome: A three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound imaging study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-44

  Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Shimada, Kenei ^b   Namba, Masashi ^c   Sakamoto, Tsunemori ^d   Nakamura, Yasuhiro ^c   Nishida, Yukio ^d   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^b   Akasaka, Takashi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Ekisaikai Hospital   (Japan)

^c Ishikiriseiki Hospital   (Japan)

^d Baba Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Imaging; Plaque; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 37849020223     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm507     Document Type: Article

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