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Compensatory enlargement of the left main coronary artery: insights from the PROSPECT study.
Coronary artery disease - 1 Mar 2014
Inaba Shinji, Mintz Gary S, Shimizu Takehisa, Weisz Giora, Mehran Roxana, Marso Steven P, Xu Ke, de Bruyne Bernard, Serruys Patrick W, Stone Gregg W, Maehara Akiko
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Glagov proposed that remodeling delayed development of significant coronary artery stenoses until plaque occupied, on average, 40% of arterial area (40% plaque burden). The aim of the current study was to confirm the previously proposed concept of coronary remodeling as first described by Glagov who studied postmortem left main coronary arteries (LMCAs). METHODS: Using the in-vivo intravascular...
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