New insights by optical coherence tomography into the differences and similarities of culprit ruptured plaque morphology in non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and ST-elevation myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1192-1199

  Toutouzas, Konstantinos ^a,b   Karanasos, Antonios ^a   Tsiamis, Eleftherios ^a   Riga, Maria ^a   Drakopoulou, Maria ^a   Synetos, Andreas ^a   Papanikolaou, Aggelos ^a   Tsioufis, Costas ^a   Androulakis, Aris ^a   Stefanadi, Elli ^a   Tousoulis, Dimitrios ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THICKNESS; THROMBUS; THROMBUS ASPIRATION;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 79958143336     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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