The maximum necrotic core area is most often located proximally to the site of most severe narrowing: A virtual histology intravascular ultrasound study

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-172

  De Graaf, Michiel A ^a   Van Velzen, Joella E ^a,b   De Graaf, Fleur R ^a   Schuijf, Joanne D ^a   Dijkstra, Jouke ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Reiber, Johan H C ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a,b   Jukema, J Wouter ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Virtual histology intravascular ultrasound; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84880573680     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-012-0236-7     Document Type: Article

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