Evaluation of culprit lesions by optical coherence tomography in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1592-1593

  Vergallo, Rocco ^a   Yonetsu, Taishi ^a   Kato, Koji ^a   Jia, Haibo ^a   Abtahian, Farhad ^a   Tian, Jinwei ^a   Hu, Sining ^a   McNulty, Iris ^a   Yu, Bo ^b   Biasucci, Luigi M ^c   Crea, Filippo ^c   Jang, Ik Kyung ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical coherence tomography; ST elevation myocardial infarction; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOGRAPHY; BALLOON DILATATION; CALCIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CULPRIT LESION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS THROMBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TUMOR THROMBUS;

OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBUS;

CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84885304910     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.041     Document Type: Article

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