Coronary calcification and plaque vulnerability: An optical coherence tomographic study

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ong, Daniel S ^a   Lee, Jay S ^a   Soeda, Tsunenari ^a   Higuma, Takumi ^b   Minami, Yoshiyasu ^a   Wang, Zhao ^a   Lee, Hang ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroaki ^b   Yokota, Takashi ^b   Okumura, Ken ^b   Jang, Ik Kyung ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcium; Cross sectional studies; Myocardial infarction; Tomography, optical coherence

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; AGED; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84955260410     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.003929     Document Type: Article

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