Pathology of radiation-induced coronary artery disease in human and pig

Cardiovascular Radiation Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-101

  Virmani, Renu ^a   Farb, Andrew ^a   Carter, Andrew J ^b   Jones, Russ M ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b BORGESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; External beam radiation induced accelerated coronary atherosclerosis; Human; Pig; Radioactive; Stent

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; STENT; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; STENTS; SWINE;

EID: 0032601095     PISSN: 15221865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-1865(98)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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