The Editor's Roundtable: The Vulnerable Plaque

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1644-1653

  Friedewald, Vincent E ^a   Ambrose, John A ^b   Stone, Gregory W ^c   Roberts, William C ^d   Willerson, James T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; THROMBOGENICITY; THROMBOSIS; THROMBUS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VULNERABLE PLAQUE;

EID: 58149464865     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.09.001     Document Type: Note

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