OCT Assessment of Thin-Cap Fibroatheroma Distribution in Native Coronary Arteries

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-175

  Fujii, Kenichi ^a   Kawasaki, Daizo ^a   Masutani, Motomaru ^a   Okumura, Takahiro ^a   Akagami, Takafumi ^a   Sakoda, Tsuyoshi ^a   Tsujino, Takeshi ^a   Ohyanagi, Mitsumasa ^a   Masuyama, Tohru ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; optical coherence tomography; vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUPTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 75949103431     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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