Witnessed coronary plaque rupture during cardiac catheterization

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 437-438

  Gonzalo, Nieves ^a   Tearney, Guillermo J ^a   Van Soest, Gijs ^a   Serruys, Patrick ^a   Garcia Garcia, Hctor M ^a   Bouma, Brett E ^a   Regar, Evelyn ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CASE REPORT; CORONARY PLAQUE RUPTURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MALE; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; STENT; THROMBUS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79954594714     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.11.021     Document Type: Letter

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