Frequency and healing of nonculprit coronary artery plaque disruptions in patients with acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1426-1429

  Okada, Katsuki ^a   Ueda, Yasunori ^a   Matsuo, Koshi ^a   Nishio, Mayu ^a   Hirata, Akio ^a   Kashiwase, Kazunori ^a   Asai, Mitsutoshi ^a   Nemoto, Takayoshi ^a   Kodama, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY PLAQUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REPERFUSION; THROMBOGENICITY; THROMBUS;

AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79955616373     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.01.016     Document Type: Article

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