Hypercholesterolemia and hypoadiponectinemia are associated with necrotic core-rich coronary plaque

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 371-376

  Kojima, Sunao ^a   Kojima, Shinobu ^a   Maruyoshi, Hidetomo ^a   Nagayoshi, Yasuhiro ^a   Kaikita, Koichi ^a   Sumida, Hitoshi ^a   Sugiyama, Seigo ^a   Funahashi, Tohru ^b   Ogawa, Hisao ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACE; ACS; acute coronary syndrome; angiotensin II receptor blockers; angiotensin converting enzyme; ARB; EEM; external elastic membrane; HDL; high density lipoprotein; IB; integrated backscatter; intravascular ultrasonography; IVUS; LAD; LCx; LDL; left anterior descending artery; left circumflex artery; low density lipoprotein; RCA; right coronary artery; SAP; stable angina pectoris; VD; vessel disease; VH; Virtual Histology

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICORANDIL; NITRATE; SPIRONOLACTONE; SULFONYLUREA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOADIPONECTINEMIA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADIPONECTIN; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79952484342     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.09.536     Document Type: Article

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