New morphological insights on coronary plaque rupture

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-86

  Alfonso, Fernando ^a   Virmani, Renu ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

myocardial infarction; optical coherence tomography; plaque rupture; thin cap fibroatheroma; vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE RUPTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; NOTE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 78751673773     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2010.11.005     Document Type: Editorial

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