Clinical classification of plaque morphology in coronary disease

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 379-389

  Otsuka, Fumiyuki ^a   Joner, Michael ^a   Prati, Francesco ^b   Virmani, Renu ^a   Narula, Jagat ^c  

^a Cardiovascular Pathology Institute   (United States)

^b SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; LIPID; PLASMIN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BARE METAL STENT; BIORESORBABLE SCAFFOLD; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; SELF EXPANDING STENT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; XANTHOMA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84903304218     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2014.62     Document Type: Review

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