The influence of total plasma homocysteine and traditional atherosclerotic risk factors on degree of abdominal aortic aneurysm tissue inflammation

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 473-479

  Arapoglou, Vassilis ^a   Kondi Pafiti, Agathi ^a   Rizos, Demetrios ^a   Kotsis, Thomas ^a   Kalkandis, Christos ^a   Katsenis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Atherosclerotic risk factors; Homocysteine; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 70350495659     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574409334345     Document Type: Article

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