Vulnerable plaque: Scope of the problem

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 443-451

  Wilensky, Robert L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR LESION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 56549098083     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2008.00401.x     Document Type: Review

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