Relationship between smaller calcifications and lipid-rich plaques on integrated backscatter-intravascular ultrasound

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 347-348

  Inaba, Shinji ^a   Okayama, Hideki ^a   Funada, Jun Ichi ^b   Hashida, Hidetoshi ^b   Hiasa, Go ^c   Sumimoto, Takumi ^c   Takata, Yasunori ^a   Nishimura, Kazuhisa ^a   Inoue, Katsuji ^a   Ogimoto, Akiyoshi ^a   Ohtsuka, Tomoaki ^a   Higaki, Jitsuo ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Ehime Medical Center   (Japan)

^c Kitaishikai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary artery disease; Spotty calcification; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THROMBECTOMY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 78650018632     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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