Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis
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The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
Duguid (1946, 1952) extended Rokitansky's earlier observations by suggesting that encrustation of fine platelet deposits and films of fibrin on the endothelium provokes an inflammatory response that results in organization by scarring. This view has been modified by supposing that local fibrinolytic activity in the arterial wall may control the equilibrium between encrustation and solution of f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.09.068