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Phenotypic modification of arterial smooth muscle cells in response to medial dissection.
Coronary artery disease - 1 Jan 2000
Dufourcq P, Louis H, Dandré F, Lavie J, Bonnet J, Lamazière J M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In the treatment of peripheral arteries, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is commonly associated with intimal tears and dissections. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of medial dissection on the remodelling of the vessel wall after balloon injury. METHODS: Aortae were obtained from 14 Fauve de Bourgogne rabbits that had been fed a normal diet. Seven days after the initial pull-back injury,...
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