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Impact of atherosclerotic plaque composition on coronary microembolization during percutaneous coron...

Impact of atherosclerotic plaque composition on coronary microembolization during percutaneous coron...

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Impact of atherosclerotic plaque composition on coronary microembolization during percutaneous coronary interventions

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Full title

Impact of atherosclerotic plaque composition on coronary microembolization during percutaneous coronary interventions

Publisher

Dordrecht: D. Steinkopff-Verlag

Journal title

Basic research in cardiology, 2008-11, Vol.103 (6), p.587-597

Language

English

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Publisher

Dordrecht: D. Steinkopff-Verlag

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Contents

Background
Cardiac marker release after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) reflects myocardial necrosis which is usually the result of periprocedural (micro)embolization of atherothrombotic debris and associated with impaired left ventricular function and adverse outcome.
Methods
In this prospective study, we examined 55 patients tr...

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Full title

Impact of atherosclerotic plaque composition on coronary microembolization during percutaneous coronary interventions

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69648812

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69648812

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ISSN

0300-8428

E-ISSN

1435-1803

DOI

10.1007/s00395-008-0745-9

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