Morphologic characteristics of eroded coronary plaques: A combined angiographic, optical coherence tomography, and intravascular ultrasound study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2014, Pages e137-e139

  Tian, Jinwei ^a,b,c   Vergallo, Rocco ^c   Jia, Haibo ^a,b,c   Soeda, Tsunenari ^c   Lee, Hang ^c   Yu, Bo ^a,b   Jang, Ik Kyung ^c  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Optical coherence tomography; Plaque erosion

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTOR;

COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84908231819     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.204     Document Type: Article

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