Smoking in Relation to Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden, Volume and Composition on Intravascular Ultrasound.

Smoking in Relation to Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden, Volume and Composition on Intravascular Ultrasound.

This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between cigarette smoking and coronary atherosclerotic burden, volume and composition as determined in-vivo by grayscale and virtual histology (VH) intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).Between 2008 and 2011, (VH-)IVUS of a non-culprit coronary artery was perf...

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Main Authors: Nermina Buljubasic, K Martijn Akkerhuis, Sanneke P M de Boer, Jin M Cheng, Hector M Garcia-Garcia, Mattie J Lenzen, Rohit M Oemrawsingh, Linda C Battes, Melissa Rijndertse, Evelyn Regar, Patrick W Serruys, Robert-Jan van Geuns, Eric Boersma, Isabella Kardys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4619630?pdf=render

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