An intravascular ultrasound appraisal of atherosclerotic plaque distribution in diseased coronary arteries

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 624-631

  Golinvaux, Nicholas ^a   Maehara, Akiko ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^a   Lansky, Alexandra J ^b   McPherson, John ^c   Farhat, Naim ^d   Marso, Steven ^e   De Bruyne, Bernard ^f   Serruys, Patrick W ^g   Templin, Barry ^h   Cheong, Wai Fung ^h   Aaskar, Rasha ^a   Fahy, Martin ^a   Mehran, Roxana ⁱ   Leon, Martin ^a   Stone, Gregg W ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMH Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h ABBOTT VASCULAR   (United States)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84860188727     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.07.031     Document Type: Article

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