Relationship between coronary artery remodeling and plaque vulnerability

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 939-943

  Varnava, Amanda M ^a   Mills, Peter G ^a   Davies, Michael J ^a  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Plaque; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL COUNT; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0037176932     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc0802.104327     Document Type: Article

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