Differences in lesion severity and cellular composition between in vivo assessed upstream and downstream sides of human symptomatic carotid atherosclerotic plaques

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-230

  Fagerberg, Björn ^a   Ryndel, Mikael ^a   Kjelldahl, Josefin ^a   Akyürek, Levent M ^b   Rosengren, Lars ^c   Karlström, Lars ^d   Bergström, Göran ^a   Olson, Fredrik J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Departments of   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Magnetic resonance; Regional blood flow; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINAR FLOW; MACROPHAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SMOKING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; COLLAGEN; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RUPTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 70350700465     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000255965     Document Type: Article

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