HISTOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TISSUE EXCISED DURING DIRECTIONAL CORONARY ATHERECTOMY IN STABLE AND UNSTABLE ANGINA-PECTORIS

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ESCANED, J [1 ]
VANSUYLEN, RJ [1 ]
MACLEOD, DC [1 ]
UMANS, VAWM [1 ]
DEJONG, M [1 ]
BOSMAN, FT [1 ]
DEFEYTER, PJ [1 ]
SERRUYS, PW [1 ]
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[1] ERASMUS UNIV ROTTERDAM,DEPT PATHOL,3000 DR ROTTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
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10.1016/0002-9149(93)90609-G
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Unstable angina is an acute coronary syndrome associated with substantial short- and medium-term morbidity and mortality.1 The understanding of the pathogenesis of this syndrome has been based largely on postmortem studies of coronary arteries2 and supported by indirect evidence of coronary thrombosis in relation to the syndrome.3-5 Because directional coronary atherectomy is unique in extracting intact atheromatous tissue during coronary recanalization, it may facilitate the study of the processes taking place in the vessel in different coronary syndromes. In the present study the histopathologic characteristics of atherectomy samples retrieved in 93 patients with stable or unstable angina pectoris were compared and related to different clinical variables. © 1993.
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