Evolution of spontaneous atherosclerotic plaque rupture with medical therapy: Long-term follow-up with intravascular ultrasound

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2875-2880

  Rioufol, Gilles ^a,c   Gilard, Martine ^b   Finet, Gérard ^a   Ginon, Isabelle ^a   Boschat, Jacques ^b   André Fouët, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Cardiovascular Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular diseases; Catheterization; Imaging; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; STATINE DERIVATIVE; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ASPIRIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TICLOPIDINE; TROPONIN I; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 8144226670     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000146337.05073.22     Document Type: Article

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