Early changes in coronary artery wall structure detected by microcomputed tomography in experimental hypercholesterolemia

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Zhu, Xiang Yang ^a   Bentley, Michael D ^c   Chade, Alejandro R ^a,d   Ritman, Erik L ^b   Lerman, Amir ^a   Lerman, Lilach O ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery wall; Osmium tetroxide

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548416713     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00362.2007     Document Type: Article

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