Comparison of aorta and pulmonary artery: I. Early cholesterol accumulation and relative susceptibility to atheromatous lesions

Circulation Research

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 338-345

  Schwenke, Dawn C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Atheroselerosis susceptibility; Cholesterol; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROMA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RABBIT;

EID: 0030791507     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.81.3.338     Document Type: Article

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