Coronary artery ectasia: Is it a destructive inflammatory lesion of the vascular wall?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-

  Turhan, Hasan ^a   Yetkin, Ertan ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Coronary artery ectasia; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; VASCULOTROPIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247112399     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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