High-sensitivity C-reactive protein and plaque composition in patients with stable angina pectoris: A virtual histology intravascular ultrasound study

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 531-535

  Kubo, Takashi ^a   Matsuo, Yoshiki ^a   Hayashi, Yasushi ^a   Yamano, Takashi ^a   Tanimoto, Takashi ^a   Ino, Yasushi ^a   Kitabata, Hironori ^a   Takarada, Shigeho ^a   Hirata, Kumiko ^a   Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Nakamura, Nobuo ^a   Mizukoshi, Masato ^a   Imanishi, Toshio ^a   Akasaka, Takashi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Inflammation; Intravascular ultrasound; Virtual histology

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VASCULAR FIBROSIS; VASCULAR NECROSIS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 74249093153     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e328332a6b0     Document Type: Article

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