In vivo critical fibrous cap thickness for rupture-prone coronary plaques assessed by optical coherence tomography

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1251-1259

  Yonetsu, Taishi ^a   Kakuta, Tsunekazu ^a   Lee, Tetsumin ^a   Takahashi, Kentaro ^a   Kawaguchi, Naohiko ^a   Yamamoto, Ginga ^a   Koura, Kenji ^a   Hishikari, Keiichi ^a   Iesaka, Yoshito ^a   Fujiwara, Hideomi ^a   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^b  

^a TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Atherosclerosis; Imaging; Plaque

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE RUPTURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FIBROUS CAP THICKNESS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA, STABLE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 79957503376     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq518     Document Type: Article

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