Distribution of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with coronary artery disease

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Iwasaki, Kohichiro ^a   Matsumoto, Takeshi ^a   Aono, Hitoshi ^a   Furukawa, Hiroshi ^a   Nagamachi, Keima ^a   Samukawa, Masanobu ^a  

^a Okayama Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Coronary artery calcium; Coronary artery disease; Topography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 77951849988     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-009-1151-4     Document Type: Article

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