Determinants of plaque instability in atherosclerotic vascular disease

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 285-293

  Rao, Dinesh S ^a   Goldin, Jonathan G ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Unstable atheromatous plaques

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LIPID STORAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE SECTION;

AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIPIDS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 27744484325     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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