Plaque erosion: A new in vivo diagnosis and a potential major shift in the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes

European Heart Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2018, Pages 2070-2076

  Partida, Ramon A ^a   Libby, Peter ^b   Crea, Filippo ^c   Jang, Ik Kyung ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Atherosclerosis; Intact fibrous cap; Intravascular imaging; Optical coherence tomography; Plaque erosion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY STENTING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PLAQUE EROSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; STENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 85047382538     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx786     Document Type: Review

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