Different stages of intraplaque hemorrhage are associated with different plaque phenotypes: A large histopathological study in 794 carotid and 276 femoral endarterectomy specimens

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 369-377

  Derksen, Wouter J M ^a   Peeters, Wouter ^a,b   van Lammeren, Guus W ^a   Tersteeg, Claudia ^a   de Vries, Jean Paul P M ^c   de Kleijn, Dominique P V ^a,b   Moll, Frans L ^a   van der Wal, Allard C ^d   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a   Vink, Aryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endarterectomy; Intraplaque hemorraghe; Peripheral atherosclerosis; Plaque histology

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMORAL ENDARTERECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAPLAQUE HEMORRHAGE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; COLLAGEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84860412772     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.07.104     Document Type: Article

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