Remodeling of the atherosclerotic arterial wall: A determinant of luminal narrowing in human coronary arteries

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 415-421

  Eefting, Frank D ^a   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a   Clarijs, Ruud J A G M ^a   Van Leeuwen, Ton G ^a   Borst, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Human coronary arteries; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0030732467     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199707000-00003     Document Type: Article

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