Association Between Myocardial Infarction and the Mast Cells in the Adventitia of the Infarct-Related Coronary Artery | Zendy

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Association Between Myocardial Infarction and the Mast Cells in the Adventitia of the Infarct-Related Coronary Artery

Author(s) -

Petri Laine,

Maija Kaartinen,

Antti Penttilä,

Pertti Panula,

Timo Paavonen,

Petri T. Kovanen

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.99.3.361

Subject(s) - adventitia , medicine , chymase , coronary arteries , tryptase , myocardial infarction , artery , histamine , cardiology , left coronary artery , mast cell , infarction , pathology , immunology

Histamine, a product of mast cells, is an effective vasoconstrictor of atherosclerotic coronary arteries. Because it has been suggested that coronary spasm plays a role in acute coronary syndromes such as myocardial infarction (MI), we quantified and characterized the mast cells in the adventitia of infarct-related coronary arteries.

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