Vascular proliferation contributes to the pathobiology ... In summary, the function of the intimal smooth muscle cell in the natural history of the atherosclerotic lesion seems to be to act ...

However, traditional metal stents may cause restenosis—a re-narrowing of the artery—due to excessive smooth muscle cell proliferation one month after implantation. Drug-eluting stents are ...

Smooth muscle cells are constituents of the arterial wall, and their proliferation and transformation into derived cell types during atherosclerosis contributes to cardiovascular and ...

These improvements were due to a surprising finding -- proliferation of endogenous heart muscle cells in the pig hearts. This is particularly noteworthy because shortly after birth mammalian heart ...

These improvements were due to a surprising finding — proliferation of endogenous heart muscle cells in the pig hearts. This is particularly noteworthy because shortly after birth mammalian heart ...