Plaque inflammation in restenotic coronary lesions of patients with stable or unstable angina

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 963-967

  Piek, Jan J ^a   Van Der Wal, Allard C ^a   Meuwissen, Martijn ^a   Koch, Karel T ^a   Chamuleau, Steven A J ^a   Teeling, Peter ^a   Van Der Loos, Chris M ^a   Becker, Anton E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANTIGENS, CD3; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034654154     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00647-6     Document Type: Article

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