Acute coronary syndrome: Insight from angioscopy

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-417

  Ueda, Yasunori ^a   Ogasawara, Nobuyuki ^a   Matsuo, Koushi ^a   Hirotani, Shinichi ^a   Kashiwase, Kazunori ^a   Hirata, Akio ^a   Nishio, Mayu ^a   Nemoto, Takayoshi ^a   Wada, Mitsuru ^a   Masumura, Yuki ^a   Kashiyama, Toshikazu ^a   Konishi, Shouzou ^a   Nakanishi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Yusuke ^a   Akazawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Kodama, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angioscopy; Vulnerable blood; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXERCISE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOGENICITY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 77649229303     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0795     Document Type: Review

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