Frequency and evolution of thin-capped fibroatheromas in left main coronary artery as assessed by serial virtual histology intravascular ultrasound analysis

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 175-179

  Kim, Sang Wook ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Weissman, Neil J ^c   Lee, Wang Soo ^a   Senguttuvan, Nagendra Boopathy ^a   Kwon, Jee Eun ^a   Kim, Hyangkyoung ^a   Seo, Jae Seung ^a   Seok, Ju Won ^a   Kim, Eun Young ^a   Hyeon, Seong Hyeop ^a   Hong, Joon Hwa ^a   Kim, Chee Jeong ^a   Cho, Dai Yun ^a   Kim, Tae Ho ^a  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

left main coronary artery disease; virtual histology intravascular ultrasound; vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL ELASTIC MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THIN CAPPED FIBROATHEROMA; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VASCULAR TISSUE; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ATORVASTATIN; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PITAVASTATIN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PYRROLES; QUINOLINES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMVASTATIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84898417118     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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