Thin-cap fibroatheroma as high-risk plaque for microvascular obstruction in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 620-627

  Ozaki, Yuichi ^a   Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Tanimoto, Takashi ^a   Kitabata, Hironori ^a   Kashiwagi, Manabu ^a   Kubo, Takashi ^a   Takarada, Shigeho ^a   Ishibashi, Kohei ^a   Komukai, Kenichi ^a   Ino, Yasushi ^a   Hirata, Kumiko ^a   Mizukoshi, Masato ^a   Imanishi, Toshio ^a   Akasaka, Takashi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Microvascular obstruction; MRI; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82955173700     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.111.965616     Document Type: Article

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