The effect of ethanol on cholesterol crystals during tissue preparation for scanning electron microscopy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-

  Abela, George S ^a   Shamoun, Fadi ^a   Vedre, Ameeth ^a   Pathak, Dorothy R ^a   Shah, Ibrahim ^a   Dhar, Gaurav ^a   Leffler, Dale ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD40 LIGAND; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; TROPONIN I; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FIBRIN CLOT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; TISSUE PREPARATION; VACUUM DRYING; VISCOELASTICITY;

CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84055182540     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.08.065     Document Type: Letter

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