Association between cholesterol crystals and culprit lesion vulnerability in patients with acute coronary syndrome: An optical coherence tomography study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 247, Issue , 2016, Pages 111-117

  Dai, Jiannan ^a   Tian, Jinwei ^a   Hou, Jingbo ^a   Xing, Lei ^a   Liu, Shengliang ^a   Ma, Lijia ^a   Yu, Huai ^a   Ren, Xuefeng ^a   Dong, Nana ^a   Yu, Bo ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol crystals; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE RUPTURE; CHOLESTEROL CRYSTAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CRYSTAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; AGED; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART INFARCTION; METABOLISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; BIOMARKERS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84958259874     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.02.010     Document Type: Article

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