Intravascular ultrasound evaluation of ruptured plaque in the left main coronary artery misinterpreted as an aneurysm by angiography

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 314-316

  Li, Yuxin ^a   Honye, Junko ^a   Takayama, Tadateru ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary aneurysm; Intravascular ultrasound; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPNEA; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; ULCER;

CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 8544224991     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20087     Document Type: Article

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