Warfarin causes rapid calcification of the elastic lamellae in rat arteries and heart valves

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1400-1407

  Price, Paul A ^a   Faus, Samuel A ^a   Williamson, Matthew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artery calcification; Heart valve calcification; Matrix Gla protein; Vitamin K; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARBOXYLATION; DEMINERALIZATION; ELASTICITY; HEART VALVE; HEMATOCRIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0031660278     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.9.1400     Document Type: Article

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