Physical factors that trigger cholesterol crystallization leading to plaque rupture

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-96

  Vedre, Ameeth ^a   Pathak, Dorothy R ^a   Crimp, Martin ^b   Lum, Chee ^b   Koochesfahani, Manoochehr ^b   Abela, George S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol crystals; Myocardial infarction; Plaque rupture; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CORN OIL;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDRATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY VESSELS; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 60649083763     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.06.027     Document Type: Article

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