In search of the elusive vulnerable plaque: Reducing the gap between coronary imaging and necropsy findings

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1052-1053

  Wilensky, Robert L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AUTOPSY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETIC MARKER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 84875476562     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.12.013     Document Type: Editorial

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