Characterization of the inflammatory and apoptotic cells in the aortas of patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  He, Rumin ^a   Guo, Dong Chuan ^a   Estrera, Anthony L ^a   Safi, Hazim J ^a   Huynh, Tam T ^a   Yin, Zhengnan ^a   Cao, Shi Nian ^a   Lin, Jing ^a   Kurian, Thomas ^a   Buja, L Maximillian ^a   Geng, Yong Jian ^a   Milewicz, Dianna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD3 ANTIGEN; CHLORDANE; DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; TRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AORTA; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 33644583300     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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