Kranzhöfer R, Libby P
Abteilung Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Heidelberg.
Z Kardiol. 1995;84 Suppl 4:125-8.
Atherosclerosis and restenosis following PTCA share many pathophysiologic features although they differ in the inciting stimuli and in their time-course. Both are characterized by an inflammatory reaction of the vessel wall whose modulation may offer therapeutic approaches for either entity.