Shouldering the risk factor burden: Infection, atherosclerosis, and the vascular endothelium

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 164-166

  Vita, Joseph A ^a   Loscalzo, Joseph ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Editorials; Endothelium; Infection; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INFECTION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0037047139     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000023452.26135.34     Document Type: Editorial

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