Total burden of intraplaque hemorrhage in coronary arteries relates to the use of coumarin-type anticoagulants but not platelet aggregation inhibitors

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 465, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 723-729

  Li, Xiaofei ^a   Vink, Aryan ^b   Niessen, Hans W M ^c   Kers, Jesper ^a   de Boer, Onno J ^a   Ploegmakers, Hanneke J P ^a   Tijssen, Jan G P ^a   de Winter, Robbert J ^a   van der Wal, Allard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Atherosclerotic plaque; Coronary artery; Hemorrhage; Platelet aggregation inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; COUMARINS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS;

EID: 84914179317     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-014-1654-y     Document Type: Article

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