Histopathologic characteristics of atherosclerotic coronary disease and implications of the findings for the invasive and noninvasive detection of vulnerable plaques

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1041-1051

  Narula, Jagat ^a   Nakano, Masataka ^b   Virmani, Renu ^b   Kolodgie, Frank D ^b   Petersen, Rita ^c   Newcomb, Robert ^c   Malik, Shaista ^c   Fuster, Valentin ^a,d   Finn, Aloke V ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cardiovascular Pathology Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; coronary artery disease; high risk plaque; positive remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FIBROATHEROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84875471829     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.10.054     Document Type: Article

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