Radial artery intima-media ratio predicts presence of coronary thin-cap fibroatheroma: A frequency domain-optical coherence tomography study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1917-1922

  Di Vito, L ^a   Porto, I ^b   Burzotta, F ^a   Trani, C ^a   Pirozzolo, G ^a   Niccoli, G ^a   Leone, A M ^a   Crea, F ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intimal hyperplasia; Optical coherence tomography; Radial artery; Thin cap fibroatheroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY;

INTIMAL HYPERPLASIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RADIAL ARTERY; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 84885633154     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.12.082     Document Type: Article

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