Effect of vessel size on lipid content of coronary plaques assessed by integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 754-759

  Ko, Young Guk ^a   Son, Jung Woo ^a   Park, Sang Min ^a   Kim, Jung Sun ^a   Choi, Donghoon ^a   Hong, Myeong Ki ^a   Jang, Yangsoo ^a  

^a Yonsei University Health System   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Intravascular ultrasound; Lipids; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77950649221     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0598     Document Type: Article

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