Intravascular Ultrasound Virtual Histology Derived Thin Cap Fibroatheroma. Now You See It, Now You Don't...

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1598-1599

  Deliargyris, Efthymios N ^a  

^a ATHENS MEDICAL CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; coronary artery disease; intravascular ultrasound; virtual histology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA; ULTRASOUND;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77950302096     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.069     Document Type: Editorial

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