Endothelial dysfunction in the early stage of atherosclerosis precedes appearance of intimal lesions assessable with intravascular ultrasound

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-238

  Mano, Toshiaki ^a   Masuyama, Tohru ^a,b   Yamamoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Naito, Johji ^a   Kondo, Hiroya ^a   Nagano, Reiko ^a   Tanouchi, Jun ^a   Hori, Masatsugu ^a   Inoue, Michitoshi ^a   Kamada, Takenobu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 13344294388     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90346-4     Document Type: Article

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