Inflammatory markers and plaque morphology: An optical coherence tomography study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-292

  Bouki, Konstantina P ^a   Katsafados, Mihail G ^a   Chatzopoulos, Dionissios N ^a   Psychari, Stavroula N ^a   Toutouzas, Konstantinos P ^b   Charalampopoulos, Athanasios F ^a   Sakkali, Eleni N ^a   Koudouri, Antonia A ^a   Liakos, Georgios K ^a   Apostolou, Thomas S ^a  

^a General Hospital of Nikea   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Inflammatory markers; Optical coherence tomography; Plaque morphology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA, STABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84855915594     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.09.059     Document Type: Article

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