title: Metabolic syndrome predicts plaque rupture in patients with acute myocardial infarction. An optical coherence study.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Synetos
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Angelos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papanikolaou
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toutouzas
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Georgiopoulos
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karanasos
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drakopoulou
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Latsios
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Spyridon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papaioannou
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Eleftherios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsiamis
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece. Electronic address: drtousoulis@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tousoulis
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence
keywords: Acute myocardial infarction; Atheromatous plaque; Metabolic syndrome; Optical coherence tomography; Plaque rupture