Neointimal hyperplasia, vein graft remodeling, and long-term patency

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Wu, Junxi ^a   Zhang, Cuihua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN GRAFT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FIBROSIS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEINS;

EID: 70349616688     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00703.2009     Document Type: Editorial

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