Adventitial inflammation: A possible pathogenic link to the instability of atherosclerotic plaque

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1262-1264

  Hu, Cheng Lin ^a,b   Xiang, Ji Zhou ^a   Hu, Fei Fei ^c   Huang, Cong Xin ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Qiannan Medical College for Nationalities   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; LEUKOTRIENE; NEUROHORMONE; OXYGEN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADVENTITIA; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; FIBROBLAST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULITIS;

ARTERITIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOTRIENES; LYMPHOCYTES; MAST CELLS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33947670962     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.10.046     Document Type: Article

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