Spotty Calcification as a marker of accelerated progression of coronary atherosclerosis: Insights from serial intravascular ultrasound

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1592-1597

  Kataoka, Yu ^a   Wolski, Kathy ^a   Uno, Kiyoko ^a   Puri, Rishi ^a   Tuzcu, E Murat ^a   Nissen, Steven E ^a   Nicholls, Stephen J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

disease progression; intravascular ultrasound; spotty calcification

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPOTTY CALCIFICATION;

CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84860283086     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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