Intravascular ultrasound classification of plaque distribution in left main coronary artery bifurcations where is the plaque really located?

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-112

  Oviedo, Carlos ^a   Maehara, Akiko ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^a   Araki, Hiroshi ^b   Choi, So Yeon ^a   Tsujita, Kenichi ^a   Kubo, Takashi ^a   Doi, Hiroshi ^a   Templin, Barry ^c   Lansky, Alexandra J ^a   Dangas, George ^a   Leon, Martin B ^a   Mehran, Roxana ^a   Tahk, Seung Jea ^d   Stone, Gregg W ^a   Ochiai, Masahiko ^b   Moses, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ABBOTT VASCULAR   (United States)

^d Ajou University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary disease; Intravascular ultrasound; Left main coronary artery bifurcation disease; Plaque distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77953674903     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.109.906016     Document Type: Article

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