Frequency and location of yellow and disrupted coronary plaques in patients as detected by angioscopy

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 603-612

  Masumura, Yuki ^a   Ueda, Yasunori ^a   Matsuo, Koshi ^a   Akazawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Nishio, Mayu ^a   Hirata, Akio ^a   Kashiwase, Kazunori ^a   Nemoto, Takayoshi ^a   Kashiyama, Toshikazu ^a   Wada, Mitsuru ^a   Muller, James E ^b   Kodama, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b INFRAREDX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Angioscopy; Disrupted yellow plaque; Yellow plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; ASPIRIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 79952341830     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-0724     Document Type: Article

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