Association between myocardial infarction and the mast cells in the adventitia of the infarct-related coronary artery

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 361-369

  Laine, Petri ^c   Kaartinen, Maija ^c   Penttilä, Antti ^c   Panula, Pertti ^a   Paavonen, Timo ^c   Kovanen, Petri T ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b WIHURI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cells; Coronary disease; Myocardial infarction; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032917040     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.3.361     Document Type: Article

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