A Three-Vessel Virtual Histology Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis of Frequency and Distribution of Thin-Cap Fibroatheromas in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome or Stable Angina Pectoris

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 568-572

  Hong, Myeong Ki ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Lee, Cheol Whan ^a   Lee, Jeong Woo ^a   Park, Jae Hyoung ^a   Park, Duk Woo ^a   Lee, Seung Whan ^a   Kim, Young Hak ^a   Cheong, Sang Sig ^a   Kim, Jae Joong ^a   Park, Seong Wook ^a   Park, Seung Jung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 41949130147     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.09.113     Document Type: Article

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