Do the extent and direction of arterial remodelling predict subsequent progression of coronary atherosclerosis? A serial intravascular ultrasound study

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 623-627

  Sipahi, I ^a   Tuzcu, E M ^a   Moon, K W ^a   Nicholls, S J ^a   Schoenhagen, P ^a   Zhitnik, J ^a   Crowe, T D ^a   Kapadia, S ^a   Nissen, Steven E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 42549134538     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.129965     Document Type: Article

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