Optical coherence tomography assessment of the spatial distribution of culprit ruptured plaques and thin-cap fibroatheromas in acute coronary syndrome

EuroIntervention

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 477-485

  Toutouzas, Konstantinos ^a   Karanasos, Antonios ^a   Riga, Maria ^a   Tsiamis, Eleftherios ^a   Synetos, Andreas ^a   Michelongona, Archontoula ^a   Papanikolaou, Aggelos ^a   Triantafyllou, Georgia ^a   Tsioufis, Costas ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Optical coherence tomography; Plaque rupture; Thin cap fibroatheroma

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PLAQUE RUPTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA;

EID: 84871231471     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV8I4A75     Document Type: Article

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