ROLE OF INFLAMMATION IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF UNSTABLE CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE

Authors
CREA F BIASUCCI LM BUFFON A LIUZZO G MONACO C CALIGIURI G KOL A SPERTI G CIANFLONE D MASERI A
Citation
F. Crea et al., ROLE OF INFLAMMATION IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF UNSTABLE CORONARY-ARTERY DISEASE, The American journal of cardiology, 80, 1997, pp. 10-16
Citations number
66
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Year of publication
1997
Pages
10 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:<10:ROIITP>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
In this article, the clinical, angiographic, and postmortem features o f unstable angina are reviewed and its pathogenesis is discussed, Coro nary plaque inflammation may play a key role in the pathogenesis of un stable angina and the evidence for this assertion is examined. Finally , the therapeutic implications of the involvement of inflammation in a cute coronary syndromes are outlined, (C) 1997 by Excerpta Medica, Inc .