Small coronary calcium deposits and elevated plasma levels of oxidized low density lipoprotein are characteristic of acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-81

  Ehara, Shoichi ^a   Naruko, Takahiko ^b   Shirai, Naoya ^a   Itoh, Akira ^b   Hai, Eishu ^a   Sugama, Yoshimi ^a   Ikura, Yoshihiro ^a   Ohsawa, Masahiko ^a   Okuyama, Takuhiro ^a   Shirai, Nobuyuki ^a   Yamashita, Hajime ^a   Itabe, Hiroyuki ^c   Haze, Kazuo ^b   Yoshiyama, Minoru ^a   Ueda, Makiko ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Calcium; Myocardial infarction; Oxidized low density lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249121173     PISSN: 13403478     EISSN: 18803873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5551/jat.E523     Document Type: Article

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