Coronary microembolization

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 373-382

  Skyschally, A ^a   Leineweber, K ^a   Gres, P ^a   Haude, M ^a   Erbel, R ^a   Heusch, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Contractile dysfunction; Inflammation; Microinfarct; Plaque rupture

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE MB; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N OLEOYLETHANOLAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PRAZOSIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THEOPHYLLINE; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY; URAPIDIL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY MICROEMBOLISM; CORONARY STENT; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MICROEMBOLISM; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUDDEN DEATH; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANIMALS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBOLISM; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING, MYOCARDIAL; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 33747770259     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00395-006-0616-1     Document Type: Review

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