Lipid-rich obstructive coronary lesions: Is plaque characterization any important?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 893-895

  Fernandez Friera, Leticia ^a   Garcia Alvarez, Ana ^a   Romero, Alaitz ^a   Fuster, Valentn ^a   Garca, Mario ^a   Moreno, Pedro R ^a   Sanz, Javier ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LETTER; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; NECROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77956642408     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.06.009     Document Type: Letter

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