List of works by Sunao Kojima

A Destabilized Case of Stable Effort Angina Pectoris Induced by Low-dose Adenosine Triphosphate

scientific article published on 15 November 2016

A case of human immunodeficiency virus-related heart failure resembling dilated cardiomyopathy but accompanied by high cardiac output

scientific article published on 26 August 2014

A case of pulmonary thromboembolism due to coagulation factor V Leiden in Japan ~ usefulness of next generation sequencing~.

scientific article published on 14 March 2017

A novel genetic marker for coronary spasm in women from a genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism analysis

scientific article published in November 2007

A rare case of long-term survival with idiopathic dilatation of the pulmonary artery.

scientific article published on 13 August 2016

A retrospective study of arterial stiffness and subsequent clinical outcomes in cancer patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

scientific article published on 07 January 2019

A simple sarcopenia screening test predicts future adverse events in patients with heart failure

scientific article published on 17 April 2016

Acetylcholine-Provoked Coronary Spasm at Site of Significant Organic Stenosis Predicts Poor Prognosis in Patients With Coronary Vasospastic Angina

scientific article published on September 2015

Acute hyperglycemia is associated with adverse outcome after acute myocardial infarction in the coronary intervention era.

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Acute myocardial infarction induced by cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy for malignant melanoma: a case report

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Adiponectin is inversely related to plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 in patients with stable exertional angina

scientific article published in May 2004

Akt1-Mediated Muscle Growth Promotes Blood Flow Recovery After Hindlimb Ischemia by Enhancing Heme Oxygenase-1 in Neighboring Cells

scientific article published on 10 August 2018

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 gene is a risk factor for myocardial infarction in Japanese men.

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Analysis for the primary predictive factor for the incidence of esophageal injury after ablation of atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 21 June 2018

Asian dust exposure triggers acute myocardial infarction.

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

Association of CYP2C19 variants and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids on patients with microvascular angina

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Association of Fine Particulate Matter Exposure With Bystander-Witnessed Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest of Cardiac Origin in Japan

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Association of estimated central blood pressure measured non-invasively with pulse wave velocity in patients with coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 22 May 2015

Beneficial effect of preinfarction angina on in-hospital outcome is preserved in elderly patients undergoing coronary intervention for anterior acute myocardial infarction

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CYP2C19 variants and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids in patients with microvascular angina

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Cardiac displacement with a congenital complete left-sided pericardial defect in a patient with exertional angina pectoris--a case report

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

Cardioprotective Effects of LCZ696 (Sacubitril/Valsartan) After Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction

scientific article published on 25 December 2017

Changes in plasma von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease (ADAMTS13) levels in patients with unstable angina

scientific article published on 04 March 2008

Changes in the risk factors for coronary spasm

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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension complicated with homocystinuria

scientific article published on 15 November 2014

Circulating thrombospondin-2 reflects disease severity and predicts outcome of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

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Clinical and morphological presentations of acute coronary syndrome without coronary plaque rupture - An intravascular ultrasound study

scientific article published on 25 June 2016

Clinical characteristics and intravascular ultrasound findings of culprit lesions in elderly patients with acute coronary syndrome

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

Clinical evidence for Japanese population based on prospective studies--linking clinical trials and clinical practice

scientific article published on 12 June 2009

Clinical factors affecting serum potassium concentration in cardio-renal decompensation syndrome

scientific article published on 19 September 2008

Clinical features and prognosis of patients with coronary spasm-induced non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome

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Clinical profiles and outcomes in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction in Japan of aging society

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

Clinical significance of microalbuminuria in high-risk patients with coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

Combined prognostic utility of white blood cell count, plasma glucose, and glomerular filtration rate in patients undergoing primary stent placement for acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 17 November 2008

Comparison of blood glucose values on admission for acute myocardial infarction in patients with versus without diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on 25 July 2009

Comparison of cardiovascular autonomic responses in elderly and young males during head-out water immersion

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Comprehensive analysis of intravascular ultrasound and angiographic morphology of culprit lesions between ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome

scientific article published on 04 January 2014

Contemporary Antiplatelet Therapy and Clinical Outcomes of Japanese Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction - Results From the Prospective Japan Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry (JAMIR)

scientific article published on 14 June 2019

Coronary blood flow volume change is negatively associated with platelet aggregability in patients with non-obstructive ischemic heart disease who have no anti-platelet agents

scientific article published on 24 August 2018

Coronary microvascular dysfunction and diastolic load correlate with cardiac troponin T release measured by a highly sensitive assay in patients with nonischemic heart failure

scientific article published in May 2013

Coronary plaque component in patients with vasospastic angina: a virtual histology intravascular ultrasound study

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

Coronary spastic angina in patients with connective tissue disease

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Coronary vasomotor response to intracoronary acetylcholine injection, clinical features, and long-term prognosis in 873 consecutive patients with coronary spasm: analysis of a single-center study over 20 years

scientific article published on 15 July 2013

Correlation between extent of myocardial fibrosis assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance and cardiac troponin T release in patients with nonischemic heart failure

scientific article published on 02 March 2014

Determinants of Myocardial Lactate Production During Acetylcholine Provocation Test in Patients With Coronary Spasm

scientific article published on 11 December 2015

Diagnostic and prognostic value of subcutaneous tissue biopsy in patients with cardiac amyloidosis

scientific article published on 03 August 2012

Difference in the in-hospital prognosis between ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with high Killip class: Data from the Japan Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Differential impact of peripheral endothelial dysfunction on subsequent cardiovascular events following percutaneous coronary intervention between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and non-CKD patients

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Digital assessment of endothelial function and ischemic heart disease in women

scientific article published on April 2010

Direct Oral Anticoagulants Form Thrombus Different From Warfarin in a Microchip Flow Chamber System.

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Distribution of Ankle-Brachial Index among Inpatients with Cardiovascular Disease: Analysis Using the Kumamoto University Hospital Medical Database

scientific article published on 5 January 2016

Echolucent carotid plaques predict future coronary events in patients with coronary artery disease

scientific article published on April 2004

Effects of early statin treatment on symptomatic heart failure and ischemic events after acute myocardial infarction in Japanese

scientific article published on 10 March 2006

Effects of glucose abnormalities on in-hospital outcome after coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published in April 2005

Effects of nicorandil on endogenous fibrinolytic capacity in patients with coronary artery disease

scientific article published in March 2004

Effects of preinfarction angina pectoris on infarct size and in-hospital mortality after coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published in October 2003

Effects of the Mean Amplitude of Glycemic Excursions and Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction on Cardiovascular Events in Nondiabetic Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Electrophysiologic delineation of the tachycardia circuit in the slow-slow form of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

scientific article published on 20 February 2007

Elevated plasma osteopontin levels were associated with osteopontin expression of CD4+ T cells in patients with unstable angina

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Expression of interferon-gamma and interleukin-4 production in CD4+ T cells in patients with chronic heart failure

scientific article published on 21 May 2007

Febuxostat for Cerebral and CaRdiorenovascular Events PrEvEntion StuDy.

scientific article published in June 2019

Floating coronary artery thrombus prior to the onset of acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Formation of platelet microaggregates correlates with adverse clinical outcome in patients with coronary artery disease.

scientific article published in April 2003

Fragmented QRS complex is a diagnostic tool in patients with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction

scientific article published on 25 February 2015

Fulminant myocarditis survivor after 56 hours of non-responsive cardiac arrest successfully returned to normal life by cardiac resynchronization therapy: a case report.

scientific article published in December 2006

Future adverse cardiac events can be predicted by persistently low plasma adiponectin concentrations in men and marked reductions of adiponectin in women after acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 12 September 2006

Growth differentiation factor 15 can distinguish between hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and hypertensive hearts

scientific article published on 23 March 2013

Growth differentiation factor-15 is a useful prognostic marker in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

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Helicobacter Pylori-seropositivity along with genetic and environmental factors predicts clinical outcome after acute coronary syndrome

scientific article published on 16 March 2016

Helicobacter pylori Seropositivity in Patients with Interleukin-1 Polymorphisms Is Significantly Associated with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

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High serum levels of thrombospondin-2 correlate with poor prognosis of patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

scientific article published on 24 August 2014

Hypercholesterolemia and hypoadiponectinemia are associated with necrotic core-rich coronary plaque

scientific article published on 06 November 2009

Hypoadiponectinemia is associated with coronary artery spasm in men

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

Hypoadiponectinemia is associated with impaired glucose tolerance and coronary artery disease in non-diabetic men.

scientific article published in November 2007

Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusions (from the Japanese Multicenter Registry).

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Impact of Statin Therapy on Clinical Outcome in Patients With Coronary Spasm

scientific article published on 20 May 2016

Impact of aspirin on the prognosis in patients with coronary spasm without significant atherosclerotic stenosis

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Impact of body mass index on in-hospital outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention for ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction.

scientific article published in April 2008

Impact of current and past cancer history on the risk of cardiovascular events following percutaneous coronary intervention: a Kumamoto University Malignancy and Atherosclerosis (KUMA) study

scientific article published in December 2017

Impact of left ventricular hypertrophy on impaired coronary microvascular dysfunction

scientific article published on 26 March 2015

Impact of statin pretreatment on the incidence of plaque rupture in ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 21 September 2010

Impaired Peripheral Endothelial Function Assessed by Digital Reactive Hyperemia Peripheral Arterial Tonometry and Risk of In-Stent Restenosis

scientific article published on 17 June 2016

In Vivo optical coherence tomography visualization of intraplaque neovascularization at the site of coronary vasospasm: a case report

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In-hospital morality associated with acute myocardial infarction was inversely related with the number of coronary risk factors in patients from a Japanese nation-wide real-world database

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Incidence and mechanism of dislocated fast pathway in various forms of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Increased density of the liver and amiodarone-associated phospholipidosis

scientific article published on 13 September 2009

Increased plasma levels of thioredoxin in patients with glucose intolerance

scientific article published in November 2005

Increased plasma thioredoxin in patients with acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

Increased serum matrix metalloproteinase-1 concentration predicts advanced left ventricular remodeling in patients with acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Intravascular ultrasound morphology of culprit lesions and clinical demographics in patients with acute coronary syndrome in relation to low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels at onset

scientific article published on 28 August 2013

Intravenous adrenomedullin in myocardial function and energy metabolism in patients after myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Lack of association between peri-procedural myocardial damage and CYP2C19 gene variant in elective percutaneous coronary intervention

scientific article published on 30 April 2014

Late gadolinium enhancement on cardiac magnetic resonance predicts coronary vasomotor abnormality and myocardial lactate production in patients with chronic heart failure

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Levels of the adipocyte-derived plasma protein, adiponectin, have a close relationship with atheroma

scientific article published in January 2005

Local delivery of single low-dose of C-type natriuretic peptide, an endogenous vascular modulator, inhibits neointimal hyperplasia in a balloon-injured rabbit iliac artery model

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Long-term nitrate therapy after acute myocardial infarction does not improve or aggravate prognosis

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Long-term use of oral nicorandil stabilizes coronary plaque in patients with stable angina pectoris

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Lower Framingham risk score and the absence of hypertension are associated with the morning peak in the circadian variation of ST-elevation myocardial infarction onset

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Microvascular coronary artery spasm presents distinctive clinical features with endothelial dysfunction as nonobstructive coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 25 October 2012

Modern state of acute myocardial infarction in the interventional era: observational case-control study--Japanese acute coronary syndrome study (JACSS).

scientific article published on 26 June 2009

Multicenter study for aggressive lipid-lowering strategy by HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors

scientific article published in January 2009

Multiple Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysms

scientific article published on August 2017

Nationwide real-world database of 20,462 patients enrolled in the Japanese Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry (JAMIR): Impact of emergency coronary intervention in a super-aging population.

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Neointimal tissue component assessed by tissue characterization with 40 MHz intravascular ultrasound imaging: comparison of drug-eluting stents and bare-metal stents

scientific article published on 27 March 2013

Nocturia in Patients With Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Cardiovascular Disease

scientific article published on 19 October 2015

Non-invasive testing for sarcopenia predicts future cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease

scientific article published on 09 April 2018

Osteopontin expression of circulating T cells and plasma osteopontin levels are increased in relation to severity of heart failure

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Overview of the 79th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society – Late-Breaking Cardiovascular Medicine From Japan

scientific article published on 3 July 2015

Patients with both CYP2C19 loss-of-function allele and peripheral endothelial dysfunction are significantly correlated with adverse cardiovascular events following coronary stent implantation

scientific article published on 4 April 2015

Physiological basis of discordance between coronary flow velocity reserve and hyperemic microvascular resistance for evaluating coronary microvascular dysfunction in patients without atherosclerotic obstruction

scientific article published on 14 August 2015

Plasma adiponectin levels are associated with coronary lesion complexity in men with coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 28 August 2006

Plasma thioredoxin levels and platelet aggregability in patients with acute myocardial infarction

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Plasma thioredoxin levels in patients with unstable angina

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome combined with multiple congenital heart anomalies

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

Pravastatin improved glucose metabolism associated with increasing plasma adiponectin in patients with impaired glucose tolerance and coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 16 November 2006

Preference toward a T-helper type 1 response in patients with coronary spastic angina

scientific article published on 14 April 2003

Preservation of neurological function following therapeutic hypothermia in a patient of in-hospital cardiac arrest with non-ventricular fibrillation

scientific article published on 11 November 2009

Prevalence of coronary macro- and micro-vascular dysfunctions after drug-eluting stent implantation without in-stent restenosis

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Prognostic Value of the CHADS2 Score for Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Coronary Artery Disease Patients Without Atrial Fibrillation-A Multi-Center Observational Cohort Study

scientific article published on 16 August 2017

Prognostic usefulness of serum uric acid after acute myocardial infarction (the Japanese Acute Coronary Syndrome Study).

scientific article published on August 2005

Rationale, Design, and Baseline Characteristics of the Prospective Japan Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry (JAMIR).

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Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics of a study to evaluate the effect of febuxostat in preventing cerebral, cardiovascular, and renal events in patients with hyperuricemia

scientific article published on 18 March 2016

Recurrence of angina pectoris after percutaneous coronary intervention is reduced by statins in Japanese patients

scientific article published on 26 August 2011

Reduced trans-mitral A-wave velocity predicts the presence of wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis in elderly patients with left ventricular hypertrophy

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Relation between platelet microaggregates and ankle brachial index in patients with peripheral arterial disease

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Relationship between asymptomatic intra-cranial lesions and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity in coronary artery disease patients without stroke

scientific article published on 24 November 2016

Risk Factors and Prevalence of Deep Vein Thrombosis After the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes

scientific article published on 06 April 2019

ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in a patient with anomalous origin of left circumflex coronary artery

scientific article published on 13 February 2015

Sensorineural hearing loss combined with Takayasu's arteritis

scientific article published in February 2005

Serial changes in von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease (ADAMTS13) and prognosis after acute myocardial infarction

scientific article (publication date: September 2007)

Serial intravascular ultrasound assessment of very late stent thrombosis after sirolimus-eluting stent placement.

scientific article published on 24 March 2014

Sex differences in early mortality of patients undergoing primary stenting for acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published in March 2006

Sex differences in the impact of CYP2C19 polymorphisms and low-grade inflammation on coronary microvascular disorder

scientific article published on 18 March 2016

Sex differences of risk factors for acute myocardial infarction in Japanese patients

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Significance of coronary vasospasm in the perioperative management of non-cardiac surgery

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Simultaneous Idiopathic Dissections of the Coronary and Superior Mesenteric Arteries

scientific article published on June 2017

Single-wire pressure and flow velocity measurement for quantifying microvascular dysfunction in patients with coronary vasospastic angina

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

Smoking cessation is associated with increased plasma adiponectin levels in men.

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Standard-dose statin therapy provides incremental clinical benefits in normocholesterolemic diabetic patients

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Successful treatment of deep vein thrombosis caused by iliac vein compression syndrome with a single-dose direct oral anti-coagulant

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Tachycardia circuit in typical atrial flutter: the role of a posterolateral line of block in the perpetuation of the tachycardia

scientific article published in March 2007

Tailored Adjunctive Cilostazol Therapy Based on CYP2C19 Genotyping in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction - The CALDERA-GENE Study

scientific article published on 08 May 2018

Temporal trends in hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction between 2004 and 2011 in Kumamoto, Japan

scientific article published on 25 September 2013

The accuracy of central blood pressure waveform by novel mathematical transformation of non-invasive measurement

scientific article published on 17 March 2015

The real-world prevalence of cardiovascular events related to coronary spasm after percutaneous coronary intervention

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The synergistic combined effect of anemia with high plasma levels of B-type natriuretic peptide significantly predicts an enhanced risk for major adverse cardiac events

scientific article published on 23 July 2008

The waveform index of the ophthalmic artery predicts impaired coronary flow reserve.

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

The white blood cell count is an independent predictor of no-reflow and mortality following acute myocardial infarction in the coronary interventional era.

scientific article published on January 2004

Therapeutic strategy for efficient reduction of serum uric acid levels with allopurinol versus benzbromarone in hyperuricemic patients with essential hypertension - A randomized crossover study (terao study).

scientific article published on 24 September 2016

Total Thrombus-Formation Analysis System (T-TAS) Can Predict Periprocedural Bleeding Events in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Total Thrombus-formation Analysis System Predicts Periprocedural Bleeding Events in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

scientific article published on 24 April 2017

Urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine levels increase after reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction and may predict subsequent cardiac events

scientific article published in February 2005

Urinary biopyrrins levels are elevated in relation to severity of heart failure

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Usefulness of SUM of ST-segment elevation on electrocardiograms (limb leads) for predicting in-hospital complications in patients with stress (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 20 March 2012

Usefulness of combined white blood cell count and plasma glucose for predicting in-hospital outcomes after acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 06 April 2006

Usefulness of excimer laser atherectomy for balloon uncrossable lesion in chronic total occlusion

scientific article published on 10 August 2015

Usefulness of hydrophilic vs lipophilic statins after acute myocardial infarction: subanalysis of MUSASHI-AMI

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Usefulness of preprocedural platelet aggregation to predict restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Venous Thromboembolism Caused by Spending a Night in a Vehicle After an Earthquake (Night in a Vehicle After the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake)

scientific article published on 03 May 2018

Venous Thromboembolism Due to Oral Contraceptive Intake and Spending Nights in a Vehicle -A Case from the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes

scientific article published on 15 February 2017

Waveform of ophthalmic artery Doppler flow predicts the severity of systemic atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 10 April 2010

Weekend onset of acute myocardial infarction does not have a negative impact on outcome in Japan

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[Coronary plaque formation and rupture]

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

[Non-Q-wave infarction and Q-wave infarction]

scientific article published on 01 May 2003