Understanding the coronary disease process and the potential for prevention: A summary

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages

  Fuster, Valentin ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipid lowering; Prevention; Unstable plaques

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033452030     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0455     Document Type: Article

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