Novel insights into coronary lumen preservation during progression of coronary atherosclerosis in coronary atherosclerosis-prone rabbits

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 419-426

  Shiomi, Masashi ^a   Ito, Takashi ^a   Hasegawa, Masamitsu ^b   Yoshida, Katsuya ^c   Gould, K Lance ^d  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c ASAHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial tapering; Compensatory coronary remodelling; Coronary atherosclerosis; Individual variation; Lumen preservation index; WHHLCA rabbits

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SHEAR STRESS;

ANIMALS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; MALE; RABBITS;

EID: 8444236335     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200411000-00009     Document Type: Article

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