Impact of vascular remodeling on the coronary plaque compositions: An investigation with in vivo tissue characterization using integrated backscatter-intravascular ultrasound

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 476-482

  Takeuchi, Hiroki ^a   Morino, Yoshihiro ^a   Matsukage, Takashi ^a   Masuda, Naoki ^a   Kawamura, Yota ^a   Kasai, Satoshi ^a   Hashida, Tadashi ^a   Fujibayashi, Daisuke ^a   Tanabe, Teruhisa ^a   Ikari, Yuji ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound; Plaque vulnerability; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; NITRATE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; MODEL; MORBIDITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE TYPES;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 58549098524     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.05.052     Document Type: Article

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