New Insights into Plaque Stabilisation by Lipid Lowering
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs
- Vol. 56 (Supplement) , 9-13
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-199856001-00002
Abstract
Thrombosis on the substrate of a disrupted plaque causes most acute coronary events. The physical integrity of the plaque thus governs the most important clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis....Keywords
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