Positive association of coronary calcium detected by computed tomography coronary angiography with periprocedural myocardial infarction.

BACKGROUND: Periprocedural myocardial infarction (PMI) may occur in approximately 5% to 30% of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Whether the morphology of coronary plaque calcium affects the occurrence of PMI is unknown. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 616 subjects with stabl...

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Main Authors: Xinguo Wang, Xuxia Liu, Hailong Ge, Qing Yang, Xiaoli Liu, Dongmei Shi, Yujie Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3866265?pdf=render

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