Increased Intimal Hyperplasia After Carotid Endarterectomy in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-18

  Drouilhet, John Charles ^a   Southern, Fred ^a   Williams, D Keith ^a   Brown, Aliza T ^a   Eidt, John ^b   Moursi, Mohammed M ^b  

^a Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System ^*

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTENSION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STAINING AND LABELING; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0035146295     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440103500103     Document Type: Article

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