Impact of Plaque Characteristics Analyzed by Intravascular Ultrasound on Long-Term Clinical Outcomes

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1221-1226

  Kim, Sung Hwan ^a   Hong, Myeong Ki ^a   Park, Duk Woo ^a   Lee, Seung Whan ^a   Kim, Young Hak ^a   Lee, Cheol Whan ^a   Kim, Jae Joong ^a   Park, Seong Wook ^a   Park, Seung Jung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BARE METAL STENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 65249168881     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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