Coronary plaque component in patients with vasospastic angina: A virtual histology intravascular ultrasound study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2411-2415

  Tsujita, Kenichi ^a   Sakamoto, Kenji ^a   Kojima, Sunao ^a   Kojima, Shinobu ^a   Takaoka, Naoko ^a   Nagayoshi, Yasuhiro ^a   Sakamoto, Tomohiro ^b   Tayama, Shinji ^a   Kaikita, Koichi ^a   Hokimoto, Seiji ^a   Sumida, Hitoshi ^a   Sugiyama, Seigo ^a   Nakamura, Sunao ^a,c   Ogawa, Hisao ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NEW TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Imaging; Plaque; Tissue; Ultrasonics; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASOSPASTIC ANGINA PECTORIS; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VASOSPASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84885634773     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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