Widespread Coronary Inflammation in Unstable Angina
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- 4 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 347 (1) , 5-12
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa012295
Abstract
Inflammation within vulnerable coronary plaques may cause unstable angina by promoting rupture and erosion. In unstable angina, activated leukocytes may be found in peripheral and coronary-sinus blood, but it is unclear whether they are selectively activated in the vascular bed of the culprit stenosis.Keywords
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