Vulnerable plaque imaging: Updates on new pathobiological mechanisms

European Heart Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 3147-3154

  Toutouzas, Konstantinos ^a   Benetos, Georgios ^a   Karanasos, Antonios ^b   Chatzizisis, Yiannis S ^c,d   Giannopoulos, Andreas A ^d   Tousoulis, Dimitris ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial shear stress; Inflammation; Microcalcifications; MiRNAs; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MICRORNA;

ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; CARDIAC IMAGING; CRYSTAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; WALL STRESS; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEMORRHAGE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULITIS;

CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84983111567     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv508     Document Type: Review

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