Plaque morphologies and the clinical prognosis of acute coronary syndrome caused by lesions with intact fibrous cap diagnosed by optical coherence tomography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2016, Pages 766-774

  Yonetsu, Taishi ^a   Lee, Tetsumin ^b   Murai, Tadashi ^b   Suzuki, Makoto ^a   Matsumura, Akihiko ^a   Hashimoto, Yuji ^a   Kakuta, Tsunekazu ^b  

^a KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; ; Optical coherence tomography; ; Plaque erosion; Plaque rupture;

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; INTACT FIBROUS CAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME DELINEATION; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84952685285     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.11.030     Document Type: Article

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