Plaque neovascularization is increased in ruptured atherosclerotic lesions of human aorta: Implications for plaque vulnerability

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2032-2038

  Moreno, Pedro R ^a,b,c   Purushothaman, K Raman ^a   Fuster, Valentin ^a   Echeverri, Dario ^b   Truszczynska, Helena ^b   Sharma, Samin K ^a   Badimon, Juan J ^a   O'Connor, William N ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Cardiovascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUNICA MEDIA; VASA VASORUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD34; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FIBROSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THROMBOSIS; TUNICA MEDIA; VASA VASORUM; VASCULITIS;

EID: 4944229954     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000143233.87854.23     Document Type: Article

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