Persistence of the altered polymorphonuclear leukocyte rheological and metabolic variables after 12 months in juvenile myocardial infarction

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 227-230

  Lo Presti, Rosalia ^a   Tozzi Ciancarelli, Maria Giuliana ^b   Hoffmann, Enrico ^a   Incalcaterra, Egle ^a   Canino, Baldassare ^a   Montana, Maria ^a   D'Amico, Teresa ^a   Catania, Anna ^a   Caimi, Gregorio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction in young people; Polymorphonuclear leukocyte Ca2+ content; Polymorphonuclear leukocyte membrane fluidity

Indexed keywords

4 O METHYLPHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FURA 2; FURA 2 ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEMBRANE LIPID; PENTOXIFYLLINE; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GRANULOCYTE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NEUTROPHIL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEUTROPHILS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS;

EID: 33746408133     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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