Not all plaque ruptures are born equal: An optical coherence tomography study

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1271-1277

  Scalone, Giancarla ^a   Niccoli, Giampaolo ^a   Refaat, Hesham ^b   Vergallo, Rocco ^a   Porto, Italo ^a   Leone, Antonio Maria ^a   Burzotta, Francesco ^a   D'Amario, Domenico ^a   Liuzzo, Giovanna ^a   Fracassi, Francesco ^a   Trani, Carlo ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; local inflammation; optical coherence tomography; plaque rupture; systemic inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LATEX;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOPHELOMETRIC ASSAY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PLAQUE RUPTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PROCEDURES;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 85041220454     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew208     Document Type: Article

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