Intravascular ultrasound insights into plaque composition

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2000, Pages

  Prati, F ^a,b   Arbustini, E ^c   Labellarte, A ^b   Dal Bello, B ^c   Mallus, M T ^b   Sommariva, L ^b   Pagano, A ^b   Boccanelli, A ^b  

^a S Giovanni Hospital ^*  (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Istituto Anatomia Patologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Intravascular ultrasound; Plaque tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; THROMBUS; TRANSDUCER;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NECROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 6744248901     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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