Lessons from sudden coronary death: a comprehensive morphological classification scheme for atherosclerotic lesions.

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Published in Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol on May 01, 2000

Authors

R Virmani1, F D Kolodgie, A P Burke, A Farb, S M Schwartz

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA. virmani@afip.osd.mil

Associated clinical trials:

Non-Invasive Imaging of Atherosclerosis | NCT01418313

National Plaque Registry and Database (OPeRA) | NCT02578355

Vulnerable Plaque Imaging in NSTEMI (CULPRIT) | NCT02563964

Correlation Between Serum Markers of Unstable Plaque and Virtual Histology of Unstable Plaque Visualized by IVUS (IVUS) | NCT00466050

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