Analysis of coronary bifurcations by intravascular ultrasound and virtual histology

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 524-527

  Toggweiler, Stefan ^a   Urbanek, Nadja ^b,c   Schoenenberger, Andreas W ^b,c   Erne, Paul ^a  

^a Luzerner Kantonsspital ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Bifurcations; Coronary artery disease; IVUS; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY BIFURCATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SMOKING; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77957720271     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.06.045     Document Type: Article

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