LDL hypercholesterolemia is associated with accumulation of oxidized LDL, atherosclerotic plaque growth, and compensatory vessel enlargement in coronary arteries of miniature pigs

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 415-422

  Holvoet, Paul ^a   Theilmeier, Gregor ^a   Shivalkar, Bharati ^b   Flameng, Willem ^b   Collen, Désiré ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary atherosclerosis; Oxidized LDL; Plaque growth; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B100; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTIMA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIPID OXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

EID: 0031940753     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.3.415     Document Type: Article

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