Pathogenesis and Significance of Calcification in Coronary Atherosclerosis

The Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque: Strategies for Diagnosis and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 77-94

  Burke, Allen P ^a   Kolodgie, Frank D ^a   Farb, Andrew ^b   Virmani, Renu ^a  

^a CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clacification; Coronary artery atherosclerosis; Pathogenesis; Plaque rupture; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350103417     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987575.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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