Electron microscopic studies of phenotypic modulation of smooth muscle cells in coronary arteries of patients with unstable angina pectoris and postangioplasty restenosis

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1169-1175

  Chen, Ying Hwa ^a   Chen, Yuh Lien ^b   Lin, Shing Jong ^a,c   Chou, Chia Yu ^a   Mar, Guang Yuan ^a   Chang, Mau Song ^a   Wang, Shih Pu ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b School of Life Sciences   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

angina; angioplasty; restenosis; smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0031019036     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.5.1169     Document Type: Article

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