Radiation-Induced Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression in a Hypercholesterolemic Rabbit: A Prospective Vulnerable Plaque Model?

Cardiovascular Radiation Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 146-151

  Pakala, Rajbabu ^a   Leborgne, Laurent ^a   Cheneau, Edouard ^a   Chan, Rosanna C ^a   Yazdi, Hamid ^a   Fournadjiev, Jana ^a   Weber, Deena ^b   Hellinga, David ^a   Kolodgie, Frank ^b   Virmani, Renu ^b   Waksman, Ron ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Macrophages; Metalloproteinases; Radiation; Smooth muscle cells; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ILIAC ARTERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID DIET; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MODEL; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; RADIATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 10744233039     PISSN: 15221865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-1865(03)00182-3     Document Type: Article

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