Increased Chymase Activity in Internal Thoracic Artery of Patients With Hypercholesterolemia
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 35 (1) , 55-60
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.35.1.55
Abstract
—Apart from ACE, various angiotensin II (Ang II)–forming serine proteinases (eg, chymase, kallikrein, and cathepsin G) are known to exist in human tissues, but their clinical significance o...Keywords
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