Association between virtual histology intravascular ultrasound findings and subsequent coronary events in patients with acute coronary syndrome

International Heart Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 157-162

  Noto, Takahisa ^a   Kameyama, Tomoki ^b   Sato, Takao ^a   Nonomura, Makoto ^b   Nozawa, Takashi ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Toyama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Plaque calcification; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORONARY PLAQUE CHARACTERISTICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ANGINA, STABLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA, STABLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84929942513     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.14-222     Document Type: Article

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