Compensatory Enlargement of Human Atherosclerotic Coronary Arteries

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 316, Issue 22, 1987, Pages 1371-1375

  Glagov, Seymour ^a   Weisenberg, Elliot ^a   Zarins, Christopher K ^a   Stankunavicius, Regina ^a   Kolettis, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAMETER; ETIOLOGY; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS;

EID: 0023276691     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198705283162204     Document Type: Article

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