Incidence of asymptomatic coronary thrombosis and plaque disruption: Comparison of non-cardiac and cardiac deaths among autopsy cases

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-23

  Sato, Yuichiro ^a   Hatakeyama, Kinta ^a   Marutsuka, Kousuke ^a   Asada, Yujiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Autopsy; Coronary thrombosis; Non cardiac death; Plaque disruption

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 64649091599     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2008.08.026     Document Type: Article

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