Frequency of acute plaque ruptures and thin cap atheromas at sites of maximal stenosis;Frecuencia de rupturas agudas de placas y fibroateromas de capa fina en locales de estenosis máxima

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Tavora, Fabio ^a   Cresswell, Nathaniel ^a   Li, Ling ^a   Fowler, David ^a   Burke, Allen ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Coronary stenosis; Heart rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DYING; FEMALE; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 77951999597     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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