Cholesterol crystals cause mechanical damage to biological membranes: A proposed mechanism of plaque rupture and erosion leading to arterial thrombosis

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 413-420

  Abela, George S ^a,b   Aziz, Kusai ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol crystals; Myocardial infarction; Plaque rupture

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID STATE;

EID: 24344483818     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960280906     Document Type: Article

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