In-vivo assessment of the natural history of coronary atherosclerosis: Vascular remodeling and endothelial shear stress determine the complexity of atherosclerotic disease progression

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 627-638

  Papafaklis, Michail I ^a   Koskinas, Konstantinos C ^a   Chatzizisis, Yiannis S ^a   Stone, Peter H ^a   Feldman, Charles L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; extracellular matrix; imaging modalities; remodeling; shear stress

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTERY WALL; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIAL SHEAR STRESS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR REMODELING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; RISK FACTORS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 78049265832     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e32833f0236     Document Type: Review

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