In-stent restenotic lesions can rupture - A case against plaque sealing

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 841-842

  Hoole, Stephen P ^a   Starovoytov, Andrew ^a   Hamburger, Jaap N ^a,b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; intravascular ultrasound; percutaneous coronary intervention; restenosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BALLOON DILATATION; BARE METAL STENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NEOINTIMA; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR FIBROSIS; VASCULAR NECROSIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NECROSIS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79955429111     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22791     Document Type: Article

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