Increased apoptosis in remote non-infarcted myocardium in multivessel coronary disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-110

  Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe G L ^a,f   Abbate, Antonio ^a   Vasaturo, Fortunata ^b   Scarpa, Susanna ^b   Santini, Daniele ^c   Leone, Antonio Maria ^a   Parisi, Quintino ^a   De Giorgio, Fabio ^a   Bussani, Rossana ^d   Silvestri, Furio ^d   Baldi, Feliciano ^e   Biasucci, Luigi M ^a   Baldi, Alfonso ^e  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Coronary artery disease; Multivessel; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial ischemia; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT; FIBRINOGEN; PROTEIN BAX;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAINING;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPSY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 12144285926     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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