Carotid and femoral atherosclerotic plaques show different morphology

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 348-354

  Herisson, Fanny ^a,b,c   Heymann, Marie Françoise ^a,b,c   Chétiveaux, Maud ^b,f   Charrier, Céline ^a,b   Battaglia, Séverine ^a,b   Pilet, Paul ^b,d   Rouillon, Thierry ^b,d   Krempf, Michel ^b,e,f   Lemarchand, Patricia ^b,e,f   Heymann, Dominique ^a,b   Gouëffic, Yann ^b,e,f  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Universite de Nantes   (France)

^e L INSTITUT DU THORAX   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Lipids; Peripheral artery disease; Vascular calcification

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CALCIUM; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPIDS; MALE; METAPLASIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79957972511     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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