pH heterogeneity of human and rabbit atherosclerotic plaques; a new insight into detection of vulnerable plaque

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-35

  Naghavi, Morteza ^a   John, Reji ^a   Naguib, Sameh ^a   Siadaty, Mir Said ^b   Grasu, Roxana ^a   Kurian, K C ^a   Van Winkle, W Barry ^c   Soller, Babs ^d   Litovsky, Silvio ^a   Madjid, Mohammad ^a   Willerson, James T ^a,e   Casscells, Ward ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery disease; Hydrogen ion concentration; Rabbit; Temperature; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATOR; MICROELECTRODE; MICROMANIPULATOR; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RABBITS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TEMPERATURE; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

EID: 0035996576     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(02)00018-7     Document Type: Article

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