Role of smooth muscle cell death in advanced coronary primary lesions: Implications for plaque instability

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 480-488

  Bauriedel, Gerhard ^a   Hutter, Randolph ^a   Welsch, Ulrich ^b   Bach, Roland ^c   Sievert, Horst ^d   Lüderitz, Berndt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Institute of Cardiovascular Research   (Germany)

^d CARDIOANGIOLOGISCHES CENTRUM BETHANIEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Coronary arteriosclerosis; Necrosis; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033021175     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(98)00318-6     Document Type: Article

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