Impact of Plaque Composition on Cardiac Troponin Elevation After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Author(s) -
Young Joon Hong,
Gary S. Mintz,
SangWook Kim,
Sung Yun Lee,
Teruo Okabe,
Augusto D. Pichard,
Lowell F. Satler,
Ron Waksman,
Kenneth M. Kent,
William O. Suddath,
Neil J. Weissman
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.12.020
Subject(s) - percutaneous coronary intervention , conventional pci , medicine , troponin i , cardiology , lumen (anatomy) , unstable angina , acute coronary syndrome , myocardial infarction
We used virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) to study the relationship between pre-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) coronary plaque characteristics and post-PCI cardiac troponin I (cTnI) elevation.
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