The vulnerable and unstable atherosclerotic plaque

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-11

  Fishbein, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery; Coronary stenosis; Plaque rupture; Unstable plaque; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 70949104672     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.08.004     Document Type: Review

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