In vivo temperature heterogeneity is associated with plaque regions of increased MMP-9 activity

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 2200-2205

  Krams, Rob ^a   Verheye, Stefan ^b   Van Damme, Luc C A ^a   Tempel, Dennie ^a   Gourabi, Babak Mousavi ^a   Boersma, Eric ^a   Kockx, Mark M ^b   Knaapen, Michiel W M ^b   Strijder, Chaylendra ^c   Van Langenhove, Glenn ^b   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^c   Van Der Steen, Anton F W ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c Utrecht Medical Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Intravascular thermography; Macrophages; Metalloproteinases

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THERMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COLD; HEAT; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RABBITS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 26044460514     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi461     Document Type: Article

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