Intracoronary imaging for detecting vulnerable plaque

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 588-595

  Fujii, Kenichi ^a   Hao, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohyanagi, Mitsumasa ^a   Masuyama, Tohru ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary angioscopy; Intravascular ultrasound; Optical coherence tomography; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA;

ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84874428976     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-1599     Document Type: Review

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