Relation of arterial geometry to luminal narrowing and histologic markers for plaque vulnerability: The remodeling paradox

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 655-662

  Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a,d   Schoneveld, Arjan H ^a,d   Van Der Wal, Allard C ^b   Haudenschild, Christian C ^c   Clarijs, Ruud J G ^a   Becker, Anton E ^b   Hillen, Berend ^a   Borst, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GEOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACTINS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERITIS; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0031694761     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00304-0     Document Type: Article

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