Synergistic Effect of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Necrotic Core in Coronary Arteries. A Report From the Global Intravascular Radiofrequency Data Analysis Registry

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 629-636

  García García, Héctor M ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Saito, Satoshi ^c   Klaus, Volker ^d   Margolis, Pauliina ^e   Carlier, Stephane ^b   Goedhart, Dick ^f   Schwartz, Robert ^g  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Innenstadt   (Germany)

^e Volcano Corporation   (United States)

^f CARDIALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^g MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular risk factors; clinical presentation; intravascular ultrasound; plaque composition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549109399     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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