Blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, and intima-media thickness: A test of the 'response to injury' hypothesis of atherosclerosis

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2005-2010

  Sun, Ping ^a   Dwyer, Kathleen M ^a   Merz, C Noel Bairey ^b,c   Sun, Wei ^a   Johnson, C Anderson ^a   Shircore, Anne M ^a   Dwyer, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood pressure; Intima media thickness; LDL cholesterol; Response to injury model

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033877211     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.20.8.2005     Document Type: Article

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