International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 149, Issue 2 , Pages 169-173 , 2 June 2011

Impact of small thrombus formation in restenotic bare-metal stent lesions associated with acute coronary syndrome: Identification by optical coherence tomography

  • Masanori Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba, Japan
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  • Masamichi Takano

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cardiovascular center, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, 1715 Kamakari, Imba, Chiba, 270-1694 Japan. Tel.: +81 476 99 1111; fax: +81 476 99 1908.
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  • Daisuke Murakami

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba, Japan
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  • Toru Inami

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba, Japan
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  • Nobuaki Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba, Japan
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  • Akihiro Shirakabe

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba, Japan
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  • Shigenobu Inami

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kentaro Okamatsu

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba, Japan
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  • Takayoshi Ohba

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba, Japan
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  • Satoshi Aoki

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba, Japan
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  • Yoshihiko Seino

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Chiba-Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba, Japan
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  • Kyoichi Mizuno

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Received 2 August 2009 ,Revised 29 November 2009 ,Accepted 19 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.12.027

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 149, Issue 2 , Pages 169-173 , 2 June 2011

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