A pathobiologic link between risk factors profile and morphological markers of carotid instability

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 572-580

  Mauriello, Alessandro ^a   Sangiorgi, Giuseppe M ^a   Virmani, Renu ^b   Trimarchi, Santi ^e   Holmes Jr , David R ^d   Kolodgie, Frank D ^b   Piepgras, David G ^d   Piperno, Giulia ^a   Liotti, Doriana ^a   Narula, Jagat ^c   Righini, Paolo ^f   Ippoliti, Arnaldo ^a   Spagnoli, Luigi G ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^f HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^g IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid thrombosis; Plaque inflammation; Risk factor; Stroke

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; BLOOD PLATELETS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74849103240     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.07.048     Document Type: Article

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