Acute coronary syndrome without optical coherence tomography identification of plaque disruption: Is this plaque erosion?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Takano, Masamichi ^a   Kitamura, Mitsunobu ^a   Inami, Toru ^a   Seino, Yoshihiko ^a   Mizuno, Kyoichi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Erosion; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; THROMBECTOMY; ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; EMBOLISM; THROMBUS ASPIRATION;

EID: 84873076649     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.06.097     Document Type: Article

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