A critical reassessment of murine and rabbit models of atherosclerosis: Focus on lesion progression and remodelling

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-21

  van Craeyveld, Eline ^a   Gordts, Stephanie C ^a   Singh, Neha ^a   Jacobs, Frank ^a   de Geest, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal model; Atherosclerosis; Lipoproteins; Media thinning; Rabbit; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ROOT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RABBITS;

EID: 84857715213     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.67.1.2146561     Document Type: Article

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