endothelial injury

Introduction

Also see atherosclerosis.

Pathology

• hemodynamic injury
  • hypertension
  • wall shear stress
• chemical injury
  • low-density lipoprotein
  • oxidized low-density lipoprotein
  • homocysteine
  • urea
  • glucose
  • carbon monoxide
• infection/immune mediated injury
  • virus
  • endotoxin
  • immune complexes

More general terms

• cellular injury

Additional terms

• atherosclerosis
• coronary artery disease; coronary atherosclerosis (CAD)
• endothelium