A novel computer-based method for the measurement of the lipid "load" in the coronary vessels of rabbits

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-329

  Evans, David A Price ^a   Tariq, Mohammad ^a   Morgan, J Steven ^b   Riley, Peter J ^a   Sobki, Samia H ^a  

^a Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Colestyramine; Computer based; Coronaries; Measurement; Methods; Rabbits; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COLESTYRAMINE; SIMVASTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARROT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROTOME; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTYRAMINE; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIPIDS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIMVASTATIN; SOFTWARE; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DAUCUS CAROTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 35148835672     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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