In search of vulnerable features of coronary plaques with optical coherence tomography: Is it time to rethink the current methodological concepts?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-12

  Radu, Maria D ^a   Falk, Erling ^b  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84855485007     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr290     Document Type: Editorial

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