Relationship between plasma inflammatory markers and plaque fibrous cap thickness determined by intravascular optical coherence tomography

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 196-201

  Li, Q X ^a,b   Fu, Q Q ^a   Shi, S W ^a,b   Wang, Y F ^a,b   Xie, J J ^a   Yu, X ^a   Cheng, X ^a   Liao, Y H ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b JINING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 18; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 76149110828     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.175455     Document Type: Article

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