Extensive coronary arterial calcification: An over-adaptive phenomenon against complications of atherosclerosis?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-228

  Yalta, Kenan ^a   Yalta, Tulin ^a   Yucel, Oguzhan ^b   Sivri, Nasir ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Doc Dr Yasar Eryilmaz Dogubeyazit State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adaptive phenomenon; Atherosclerotic plaque calcification; Extensive coronary arterial calcification

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION;

EID: 78651448666     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.04.063     Document Type: Article

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