The atherosclerotic plaque was not built in a day: The dynamic nature of plaque progression and instability

Heart and Metabolism

Volumn , Issue 36, 2007, Pages 5-7

  Bennett, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Vascular; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36048965119     PISSN: 15660338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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