Relationship Between Coronary Artery Remodeling and Plaque Vulnerability
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- 26 February 2002
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- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 105 (8), 939-943
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hc0802.104327
Abstract
Background— In vivo studies with intravascular ultrasound have shown that complex plaque anatomy and plaque rupture are more frequent in the presence of marked outward remodeling. A large lipid cor...Keywords
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