Macrophages, smooth muscle cells, and tissue factor in unstable angina: Implications for cell-mediated thrombogenicity in acute coronary syndromes

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3090-3097

  Moreno, Pedro R ^a,b   Bernardi, Víctor H ^c   López Cuéllar, Julio ^c   Murcia, Alvaro M ^c   Palacios, Igor F ^c   Gold, Herman K ^c   Mehran, Roxana ^c   Sharma, Samin K ^a   Nemerson, Yale ^a   Fuster, Valentín ^a   Fallon, John T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; coronary disease; leukocytes; thrombosis

Indexed keywords

THROMBOPLASTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOGENICITY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 8044224017     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.12.3090     Document Type: Article

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