Items for "coronary sinus"
Inflammation within coronary plaques may cause an acute coronary syndrome by promoting rupture and erosion...
Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome, coronary sinus, inflammation, time course
10/2004 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Background: The aim of the present study was to identify, using proteomics, changes in the expression of proteins and protein isoforms mainly associated with inflammation and vascular damage in the coronary sinus of patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery.
Methods: Plasma from the coronary sinus of 18 patients undergoing OPCAB was obtained before the ischemic procedure and after revascularization of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) with an internal thoracic artery graft...
Keywords: coronary pathology, coronary sinus, inflammation, off-pump, proteomics
08/2008 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter