Prevalence and characteristics of TCFA and degree of coronary artery stenosis: An OCT, IVUS, and angiographic study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 672-680

  Tian, Jinwei ^a,b   Dauerman, Harold ^c   Toma, Catalin ^d   Samady, Habib ^e   Itoh, Tomonori ^f   Kuramitsu, Shoichi ^g   Domei, Takenori ^g   Jia, Haibo ^a,b   Vergallo, Rocco ^b   Soeda, Tsunenari ^b   Hu, Sining ^a,b   Minami, Yoshiyasu ^b   Lee, Hang ^b   Yu, Bo ^a   Jang, Ik Kyung ^b,h  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KOKURA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

intravascular ultrasound; optical coherence tomography; plaque vulnerability; stenosis; thin cap fibroatheroma

Indexed keywords

INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PLAQUE VULNERABILITY; STENOSIS; THIN-CAP FIBROATHEROMA;

CHINA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84905965333     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.05.052     Document Type: Article

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