Coronary artery aneurysm: A review and hypothesis regarding etiology

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 823-828

  Nichols, Larry ^a   Lagana, Stephen ^b   Parwani, Anil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CERIVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; LOSARTAN; MEVINOLIN; SIMVASTATIN; WARFARIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY VESSELS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049089349     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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