Long-term follow-up of attenuated plaques in patients with acute myocardial infarction: An intravascular ultrasound substudy of the HORIZONS-AMI trial

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-192

  Xu, Kai ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^a   Kubo, Takashi ^a   Wu, Xiaofan ^a   Guo, Ning ^a   Yang, Junqing ^a   Witzenbichler, Bernhard ^b   Guagliumi, Giulio ^c   Brodie, Bruce ^d   Dressler, Ovidiu ^a   Cristea, Ecaterina ^a   Parise, Helen ^a   Mehran, Roxana ^e   Stone, Gregg W ^a   Maehara, Akiko ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^d MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Attenuated plaques; Intravascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATTENUATED PLAQUE; BARE METAL STENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

AGED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NO-REFLOW PHENOMENON; PACLITAXEL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84860800452     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.111.964684     Document Type: Article

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