A new method to quantify coronary calcification by intravascular ultrasound - The different patterns of calcification of acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris and stable angina pectoris

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 587-590

  Wang, Xiaofei ^a,b   Lu, Chengzhi ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   Zhao, Xiangdong ^a   Xia, Dasheng ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN FIRST CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium; Coronary disease; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCINOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 62449098872     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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