Is any link between inflammation and coronary artery ectasia?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 678-683

  Li, Jian Jun ^a   Li, Zheng ^a   Li, Jie ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CYTOKINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HERBICIDE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORONARY RISK; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A;

EID: 34447253115     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.09.071     Document Type: Article

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