Cholesterol crystals associate with coronary plaque vulnerability in vivo

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 630-632

  Kataoka, Yu ^b   Puri, Rishi ^b   Hammadah, Muhammad ^b   Duggal, Bhanu ^b   Uno, Kiyoko ^b   Kapadia, Samir R ^b   Tuzcu, E Murat ^b   Nissen, Steven E ^b   Nicholls, Stephen J ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL CRYSTAL; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MACROPHAGE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; METABOLISM; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES;

CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84922879218     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.11.039     Document Type: Letter

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