Rapid improvement of carotid plaque echogenicity within 1 month of pioglitazone treatment in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 483-488

  Hirano, Mitsumasa ^a   Nakamura, Takamitsu ^a   Kitta, Yoshinobu ^a   Yano, Toshiaki ^a   Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sano, Keita ^a   Fujioka, Daisuke ^a   Saito, Yukio ^a   Kodama, Yasushi ^a   Kawabata, Ken ichi ^a   Nakamura, Kazuto ^a   Obata, Jun ei ^a   Kugiyama, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Carotid plaque; Plaque stabilization; Thiazolidinediones; Ultrasound diagnosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALIBRATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CALIBRATION; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; THIAZOLIDINEDIONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 62649143213     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.07.023     Document Type: Article

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