Blockade of the Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel as a New Therapeutic Strategy for Restenosis
- 2 September 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 108 (9), 1119-1125
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000086464.04719.dd
Abstract
Background— Angioplasty stimulates proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC), leading to neointimal thickening and vascular restenosis. In a rat model of balloon catheter i...Keywords
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