Histopathologic profiles of coronary atherosclerosis by myocardial bridge underlying myocardial infarction

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-123

  Ishikawa, Yukio ^a   Akasaka, Yoshikiyo ^a   Akishima Fukasawa, Yuri ^a   Iuchi, Ami ^a   Suzuki, Koyu ^b   Uno, Mieko ^b   Abe, Eriko ^b   Yang, Yang ^b   Li, Chin Ping ^b   Mukai, Kiyoshi ^c   Niino, Hitoshi ^d   Tanaka, Michio ^e   Kawahara, Yutaka ^f   Sugiura, Hitoshi ^g   Shinagawa, Toshihito ^g   Morinaga, Shojiroh ^h   Ogata, Kentaro ⁱ   Onuma, Junko ^j   Yanagida Iida, Maki ^k   Taki, Kazuhiro ^l   Komatsu, Akio ^m   Satoh, Hideaki ⁿ   Yamada, Kazuaki ^o   Shimokawa, Reiko ^p   Shibuya, Kazutoshi ^q   Takahashi, Kei ^r   Ishii, Toshiharu ^a   more..

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION YOKOHAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f TOKYO KYOSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h KITASATO INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations   (Japan)

^j KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k Yokosuka Municipal Uwamachi Hospital   (Japan)

^l MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation   (Japan)

ⁿ Saiseikai Kawaguchi General Hospital   (Japan)

^o National Disaster Medical Hospital   (Japan)

^p SAISEIKAI YOKOHAMASHI TOBU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^q TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^r TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery; Myocardial bridge; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84871461654     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.10.037     Document Type: Article

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