What is behind the calcium? The relationship between calcium and necrotic core on virtual histology analyses: Reply

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-126

  Mintz, Gary S ^a   Missel, Eduardo ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADVENTITIA; CALCIFICATION; DEATH; HISTOLOGY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LETTER; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN CORONARY DEATH;

EID: 58149154192     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn507     Document Type: Letter

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