Inflammation of the atherosclerotic cap and shoulder of the plaque is a common and locally observed feature in unruptured plaques of femoral and coronary arteries

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-58

  Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a   Schoneveld, Arjan H ^a,d   Van Der Wal, Allard C ^b   Hijnen, Dirk Jan ^a   Van Wolveren, Willem J A ^a   Plomp, Simon ^a   Teepen, Hans L J M ^c   Borst, Cornelius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Macrophages; Plaque rupture; Plaque vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032928132     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.1.54     Document Type: Article

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