Evaluation of Plaque Stability of Advanced Atherosclerotic Lesions in Apo E-Deficient Mice after Treatment with the Oral Factor Xa Inhibitor Rivaroxaban

Aim. Thrombin not only plays a central role in thrombus formation and platelet activation, but also in induction of inflammatory processes. Activated factor X (FXa) is traditionally known as an important player in the coagulation cascade responsible for thrombin generation. We assessed the hypothesi...

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Published in:	Mediators of Inflammation
Main Authors:	Qianxing Zhou, Florian Bea, Michael Preusch, Hongjie Wang, Berend Isermann, Khurrum Shahzad, Hugo A. Katus, Erwin Blessing
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2011-01-01
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/432080