Relationship between plasma viscosity and the severity of coronary heart disease

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 870-875

  Junker, Ralf ^a   Heinrich, Jürgen ^b   Ulbrich, Hans ^a   Schulte, Helmut ^a   Schönfeld, Rainer ^c   Köhler, Ekkehart ^c   Assmann, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM SOLINGEN   (Germany)

^c LVA Klinik Salzetal   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood rheology; Coronary heart disease; Coronary risk factor; Fibrinogen; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031776309     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.6.870     Document Type: Article

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