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Longitudinal distribution of plaque burden and necrotic core-rich plaques in nonculprit lesions of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes.
JACC. Cardiovascular imaging - 1 Mar 2012
Wykrzykowska Joanna J, Mintz Gary S, Garcia-Garcia Hector M, Maehara Akiko, Fahy Martin, Xu Ke, Inguez Andres, Fajadet Jean, Lansky Alexandra, Templin Barry, Zhang Zhen, de Bruyne Bernard, Weisz Giora, Serruys Patrick W, Stone Gregg W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: In this substudy of the PROSPECT (Providing Regional Observations to Study Predictors of Events in the Coronary Tree) study, we examined the longitudinal distribution of atherosclerotic plaque burden, virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) characterized necrotic core (NC) content and VH-thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) distribution in nonculprit lesions of patients presenting with acute...
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