Atherosclerosis
Volume 212, Issue 2 , Pages 524-527 , October 2010

Analysis of coronary bifurcations by intravascular ultrasound and virtual histology

  • Stefan Toggweiler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, CH-6000 Luzern 16, Switzerland
    • These authors equally contributed to the manuscript.
    • ,
  • Nadja Urbanek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics and Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
    • Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
    • These authors equally contributed to the manuscript.
    • ,
  • Andreas W. Schoenenberger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics and Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland
    • Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Paul Erne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, CH-6000 Luzern 16, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 412055106; fax: +41 412052234.

Received 21 March 2010 ,Revised 13 May 2010 ,Accepted 29 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.06.045

Atherosclerosis
Volume 212, Issue 2 , Pages 524-527 , October 2010

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