Presence of vulnerable coronary plaques in middle-aged individuals who suffered a brain death

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2845-2853

  Gurfinkel, Enrique ^a   Vigliano, Carlos ^a   Janavel, Julieta Vera ^a   Fornoni, Diego ^a   Caponi, Gaspar ^a   Meckert, Patricia Cabeza ^b   Bertolotti, Alejandro ^a   Favaloro, Roberto ^a   Laguens, Ruben ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary disease; Stroke; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART; HEART WEIGHT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 71549153222     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp303     Document Type: Article

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