A definition of initial, fatty streak, and intermediate lesions of atherosclerosis: A report from the committee on vascular lesions of the council on arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association

Circulation

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 2462-2478

  Stary, Herbert C ^b   Chandler, A Bleakley ^b   Glagov, Seymour ^b   Guyton, John R ^b   Insull Jr , William ^b   Rosenfeld, Michael E ^b   Schaffer, Sheldon A ^b   Schwartz, Colin J ^b   Wagner, William D ^b   Wissler, Robert W ^b  

^a AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

atherogenesis; lesion progression

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; DERMATAN SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARAN SULFATE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0028289443     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.89.5.2462     Document Type: Article

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