Thin-cap fibroatheroma and microchannel findings in optical coherence tomography correlate with subsequent progression of coronary atheromatous plaques

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-85

  Uemura, Shiro ^a   Ishigami, Ken Ichi ^a   Soeda, Tsunenari ^a   Okayama, Satoshi ^a   Sung, Ji Hee ^a   Nakagawa, Hitoshi ^a   Somekawa, Satoshi ^a   Takeda, Yukiji ^a   Kawata, Hiroyuki ^a   Horii, Manabu ^a   Saito, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Optical coherence tomography; Plaque morphology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICES; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84855485709     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr284     Document Type: Article

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