Population
Human coronary artery tissues obtained from 6 autopsied patients and atherectomy specimens from 16 patients…
Design
Other
Follow-up
up to 6 months
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May inform timing of restenosis therapies; leaves open whether modulating SMC phenotype alters clinical outcomes.
Smooth muscle cells in human coronary arteries undergo phenotypic modulation to an immature state early after angioplasty and redifferentiate over a 6-month period.
Aikawa et al. (1997) studied this question.
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