Collagen content is significantly lower in restenotic versus nonrestenotic vessels after balloon angioplasty in the atherosclerotic rabbit model

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1293-1300

  Coats Jr , William D ^a,d   Whittaker, Peter ^b   Cheung, David T ^a   Currier, Jesse W ^a   Han, Bo ^c   Faxon, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^d AHC 117   (United States)

Author keywords

angioplasty; collagen; remodeling; restenosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; ILIAC ARTERY; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RESTENOSIS;

EID: 16944364985     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.5.1293     Document Type: Article

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