Shear stress and inflammation: Are we getting closer to the prediction of vulnerable plaque?

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1351-1353

  Chatzizisis, Yiannis S ^a   Giannoglou, George D ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

coronary atherosclerosis; inflammation; shear stress; vascular biology; vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN K; CATHEPSIN L; CATHEPSIN S; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; INFLAMMATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; SHEAR STRESS; THERMOGRAPHY; UPREGULATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77958086133     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.10.126     Document Type: Editorial

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