Coronary calcification identifies the vulnerable patient rather than the vulnerable Plaque

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 124-129

  Mauriello, Alessandro ^a   Servadei, Francesca ^a   Zoccai, Giuseppe Biondi ^b   Giacobbi, Erica ^a   Anemona, Lucia ^a   Bonanno, Elena ^a   Casella, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary calcification; Histology; Plaque vulnerability; Vulnerable patient

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84879416972     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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