A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
Mariana Gatto
, Luana Urbano Pagan
, Gustavo Augusto Ferreira Mota
Mariana Gatto
, Luana Urbano Pagan
, Gustavo Augusto Ferreira Mota
Despite the significant advance in cardiovascular biomedicine in recent years, which provided a better understanding of the pathophysiology of coronary artery disease (CAD) as well as its prevention and treatment, this disease is still responsible for considerable mortality. The CAD results from the pathological accumulation of atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries that can lead to their occlusion and ischemia of the cardiac tissue. Among the treatments used for CAD, stands out the venous graft (VG), a type of surgical […]
Keywords: Animal Models; Atorvastatin/prevention and control; Hyperplasia; Models, Animal; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Rats