Differences in coronary artery plaques between target and non-target vessels

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 584-587

  Toggweiler, Stefan ^a   Suter, Yves ^a   Schoenenberger, Andreas W ^a,b   Kaspar, Mathias ^a   Jamshidi, Peiman ^a   Erne, Paul ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; IVUS; Stable angina; Virtual histology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 71049145599     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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