Personalized Assessment of the Coronary Atherosclerotic Arteries by Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging: Hunting the Vulnerable Plaque

The term “vulnerable plaque„ is commonly used to refer to an atherosclerotic plaque that is prone to rupture and the formation of thrombosis, which can lead to several cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. Coronary artery atherosclerosis has a wide variety of different pheno...

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Main Authors: Theodore G. Papaioannou, Charalampos Kalantzis, Efstratios Katsianos, Despina Sanoudou, Manolis Vavuranakis, Dimitrios Tousoulis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Personalized Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/9/1/8