Plaque components at coronary sites with focal spasm in patients with variant angina: Virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound analysis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-372

  Hong, Young Joon ^a   Jeong, Myung Ho ^a   Choi, Yun Ha ^a   Ma, Eun Hye ^a   Ko, Jum Suk ^a   Lee, Min Goo ^a   Park, Keun Ho ^a   Sim, Doo Sun ^a   Yoon, Nam Sik ^a   Youn, Hyun Ju ^a   Kim, Kye Hun ^a   Park, Hyung Wook ^a   Kim, Ju Han ^a   Ahn, Youngkeun ^a   Cho, Jeong Gwan ^a   Park, J C ^a   Kang, Jung Chaee ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intravascular ultrasound; Plaque; Unstable angina; Variant angina

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VARIANT ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS, VARIANT; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ERGONOVINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 77957862613     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.04.042     Document Type: Article

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