Smoking gun theory: Angiographically normal or mild coronary plaque as a cause of myocardial infarction

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 2918-2920

  Kovacic, Jason C ^a   Fuster, Valentin ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; Editorials; embolism; myocardial infarction; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871268412     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.150425     Document Type: Review

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