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Record Nr.

UNISA996320684403316

Autore

Frink Richard J (Richard James), <1929->

Titolo

Inflammatory atherosclerosis : characteristics of the injurious agent / / Richard J. Frink [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sacramento, Calif., : Heart Research Foundation, c2002

ISBN

0-9724816-0-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 111, [2] p. of plates ) : ill. (chiefly col.) ;

Soggetti

Coronary Artery Disease - etiology

Arteriosclerosis

Arteriosclerosis - Etiology

Thrombosis

Cardiovascular system - Diseases

Coronary Disease

Myocardial Ischemia

Arterial Occlusive Diseases

Vascular Diseases

Heart Diseases

Cardiovascular Diseases

Diseases

Coronary Artery Disease

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-104) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The beginnings. a multicentric disease -- The smooth muscle cell. the pivot in atherosclerosis -- Inflammation. a sign of active disease -- Atheromas are caseous abscesses -- Calcification: a physiologic defense -- Adventitia -- the ultimate defense -- Surface erosions -- Blind pockets and false channels -- Thrombosis and the injurious agent -- Chronic ulcerated plaques -- What is the injurious agent? -- The toxic atheroma -- Plaque toxins and clinical coronary syndromes.