Plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 are increased in the coronary circulation in patients with acute coronary syndrome

American Heart Journal

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 211-217

  Inokubo, Yoichi ^a   Hanada, Hiroyuki ^a   Ishizaka, Hiroshi ^a   Fukushi, Tomohisa ^a   Kamada, Takaatsu ^a   Okumura, Ken ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0035147051     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2001.112238     Document Type: Article

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