Impaired coronary tissue plasminogen activator release is associated with coronary atherosclerosis and cigarette smoking: Direct link between endothelial dysfunction and atherothrombosis

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1936-1941

  Newby, David E ^a,b   McLeod, Andrew L ^a   Uren, Neal G ^a   Flint, Laura ^a   Ludlam, Christopher A ^a   Webb, David J ^a   Fox, Keith A A ^a   Boon, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Endothelium; Thrombolysis; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SUBSTANCE P; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 0035901623     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.15.1936     Document Type: Article

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