Subsequent silent plaque rupture of nonculprit lesion in a patient with acute myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Takaoka, Naoko ^a   Tsujita, Kenichi ^a   Kaikita, Koichi ^a   Tayama, Shinji ^a   Hokimoto, Seiji ^a   Sugiyama, Seigo ^a   Ogawa, Hisao ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Intravascular ultrasound; Latent silent rupture; Vascular interventions

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; BISOPROLOL; ENALAPRIL; EZETIMIBE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BARE METAL STENT; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; LETTER; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SILENT CORONARY PLAQUE RUPTURE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84861230028     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.10.073     Document Type: Article

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