American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 100, Issue 6 , Pages 953-959 , 15 September 2007

Comparison of Virtual Histology to Intravascular Ultrasound of Culprit Coronary Lesions in Acute Coronary Syndrome and Target Coronary Lesions in Stable Angina Pectoris

  • Myeong-Ki Hong, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Gary S. Mintz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York.
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  • Cheol Whan Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Jon Suh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Jeong-Hoon Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Duk-Woo Park, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Seung-Whan Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Young-Hak Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Sang-Sig Cheong, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Gangneung, Korea
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  • Jae-Joong Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • Seong-Wook Park, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Seung-Jung Park, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel: 82-2-3010-3152; fax: 82-2-475-6898.

Received 5 March 2007 ,Revised 13 April 2007 ,Accepted 13 April 2007.

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 This study was supported in part by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Seoul, Korea, and Grant 0412-CR02-0704-0001 from the Korea Health 21 R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Seoul, Korea.

PII: S0002-9149(07)01134-4

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.04.034

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 100, Issue 6 , Pages 953-959 , 15 September 2007

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