Parallel cholesterol crystals: A sign of impending plaque rupture?

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 406-411

  Frink, Richard J ^a  

^a Heart Research Foundation of Sacramento   (United States)

Author keywords

cholesterol crystals; pathology; plaque; thrombosis; vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CHOLESTEROL; GELATIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PARALLEL CHOLESTEROL CRYSTAL; PLAQUE DISRUPTION; PREDICTION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 77956699140     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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