Pathological changes in the coronary arteries in the acute coronary syndromes

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1557-1558

  Kockx, Mark ^a   Knaapen, M W ^a  

^a AZ Middelheim Antwerp ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HEART RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33750366041     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.086942     Document Type: Conference Paper

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