The Pathology of Vulnerable Plaque

The Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque: Strategies for Diagnosis and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 19-36

  Virmani, Renu ^a   Burke, Allen P ^a   Willerson, James T ^b   Farb, Andrew ^c   Narula, Jagat ^d   Kolodgie, Frank D ^a  

^a CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atheromas; Fibroatheroma; Pathology; Plaque rupture; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889369727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987575.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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