title: Intravascular ultrasound assessment of plaque distribution in the ostium of the left anterior descending coronary artery.
abstract: Intravascular ultrasound revealed that coronary plaque is localized at the site opposite the segment of the left circumflex artery branching in the ostium of the angiographically normal left anterior descending artery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Kobe General Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akasaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hozumi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography