Assessment of plaque vulnerability by angioscopic classification of plaque color

American Heart Journal

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 333-335

  Ueda, Yasunori ^a,b   Ohtani, Tomohito ^a   Shimizu, Masahiko ^a   Hirayama, Atsushi ^a   Kodama, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Cardiovascular Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CATHETERIZATION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSCOPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLOR; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4143137550     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.03.047     Document Type: Article

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