American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 9 , Pages 1221-1226 , 1 May 2009

Impact of Plaque Characteristics Analyzed by Intravascular Ultrasound on Long-Term Clinical Outcomes

Received 20 October 2008 ,Revised 5 January 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2009.

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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(09)00107-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.01.015

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 103, Issue 9 , Pages 1221-1226 , 1 May 2009

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