Distribution of inflammatory cells in atherosclerotic plaques relates to the direction of flow

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 2000-2003

  Dirksen, Maurits T ^a   Van Der Wal, Allard C ^a   Van Den Berg, Frank M ^a   Van Der Loos, Chris M ^a   Becker, Anton E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Plaque; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROPHAGE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032506088     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.19.2000     Document Type: Article

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