Low carotid calcium score is associated with higher levels of glycosaminoglycans, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and parathyroid hormone in human carotid plaques

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2966-2969

  Edsfeldt, Andreas ^a   Dias, Nuno ^b   Elmståhl, Barbara ^c   Müller, Markus F ^c   Berg, Katarina ^a   Nitulescu, Mihaela ^a   Persson, Ana ^c   Ekberg, Olle ^c   Gonçalves, Isabel ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Vascular Center Malmö   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; calcium score; carotid plaque; carotid stenosis; CT; TNF

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; FRACTALKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR AB; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGASTON CALCIUM SCORE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID CALCIUM SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIUM; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 80053335279     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.620658     Document Type: Article

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