Putting TCFA in clinical perspective

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 681-683

  Narula, Jagat ^a   Kovacic, Jason C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

athersclerosis; intravascular ultrasound; optical coherence tomography; vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROUS CAP THICKNESS; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NOTE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA;

ATHERSCLEROSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VULNERABLE PLAQUE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84905975215     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.06.1163     Document Type: Editorial

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