Variable underlying morphology of culprit plaques associated with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: An optical coherence tomography analysis from the SMART trial

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1381-1389

  Wang, Lin ^a,b   Parodi, Guido ^c   Maehara, Akiko ^a,b   Valenti, Renato ^c   Migliorini, Angela ^c   Vergara, Ruben ^c   Carrabba, Nazario ^c   Mintz, Gary S ^b   Antoniucci, David ^c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Atherosclerosis; Intracoronary imaging; Plaque rupture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STENT MALAPPOSITION; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; THROMBECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84947976937     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jev105     Document Type: Article

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