High-risk coronary atheroma: The interplay between ischemia, plaque burden, and disease progression

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1134-1140

  Puri, Rishi ^a   Nicholls, Stephen J ^a   Ellis, Stephen G ^a   Tuzcu, E Murat ^a   Kapadia, Samir R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; myocardial infarction; myocardial ischemia; plaque

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; STREPTOKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PLAQUE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RUPTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84896920505     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.05.088     Document Type: Review

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