The pathogenesis of coronary artery disease and the acute coronary syndromes

V Fuster, L Badimon, JJ Badimon…

Index: Yoshinari, Tomohiro; Ohmori, Ken; Suzuki, Keisuke Chemistry Letters, 2010 , vol. 39, # 10 p. 1042 - 1044

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Abstract

... injury may also be potentiated by hypercholesterolemia, circulating vasoactive amines, immunocomplexes, infection, and chemical irritants in tobacco ... The fibrinous tissue of atherosclerotic plaques is composed of collagen, proteoglycans, elastin, and glycoproteins.4 , ...