Plaque location in the left anterior descending coronary artery and tissue characteristics in angina pectoris: An integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound study

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 142-147

  Komura, Naohiro ^a   Hibi, Kiyoshi ^a   Kusama, Ikuyoshi ^a   Otsuka, Fumiyuki ^a   Mitsuhashi, Takayuki ^a   Endo, Mitsuaki ^a   Iwahashi, Noriaki ^a   Okuda, Jun ^a   Tsukahara, Kengo ^a   Kosuge, Masami ^a   Ebina, Toshiaki ^a   Umemura, Satoshi ^b   Kimura, Kazuo ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intravascular ultrasound; Plaque; Tissue characteristics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 75149161979     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0389     Document Type: Article

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