Reverse vessel remodeling but not coronary plaque regression could predict future cardiovascular events in acs patients with intensive statin therapy - The extended JAPAN-ACS study -

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 825-832

  Miyauchi, Katsumi ^a   Daida, Hiroyuki ^a   Morimoto, Takeshi ^b   Hiro, Takafumi ^c   Kimura, Takeshi ^d   Nakagawa, Yoshihisa ^e   Yamagishi, Masakazu ^f   Ozaki, Yukio ^g   Kadota, Kazushige ^h   Kimura, Kazuo ⁱ   Hirayama, Atsushi ^c   Kimura, Kazumi ^j   Hasegawa, Yasuhiro ^k   Uchiyama, Shinichiro ^l   Matsuzaki, Masunori ^m  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^g FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^j KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^k ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Coronary plaque; High density lipoprotein cholesterol; Intravascular ultrasound; Statins; Vessel remodeling

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PITAVASTATIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYALGIA; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PYRROLES; QUINOLINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84858964598     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-0135     Document Type: Article

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