In order to detect a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque that is more likely to cause cardiovascular events, one should focus on studying biomarkers more associated with destabilization rather than ...

Atherosclerosis is a complex multifactorial pathology that progresses over many decades. Immune-inflammatory responses play key roles in all phases of the pathology and inflammation contributes to ...

2000). However, the changes to the atherosclerotic lesional cellular composition, inflammation, plaque necrosis, and collagen deposition are not known. This is critical since plaques that rupture and ...

As pathology progresses the contribution of immune cells to atherosclerotic plaque composition increases, with the formation of arterial tertiary lymphoid organs (11–13). Increasing understanding of ...

Biomarkers are substances involved in various stages of the pathophysiology of atherosclerotic plaque formation, progression and destabilization. Therefore, their diagnostic and prognostic value ...

We investigated the association of serum Ca, P, and CPP to carotid artery atherosclerotic plaque assessed by high-resolution MR vessel wall imaging in acute ischemic stroke patients. Methods: A total ...

Department of Ultrasound, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200080 Shanghai, P. R. China ...

Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China Center of Clinical Pharmacology, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, ...

Introduction: Intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) is a common cause of primary and secondary stroke. Understanding plaque evolution can help in risk stratification and in selecting proper ...

Hemodynamic parameters, including full width at half maximum (FWHM) and area under the time–density curve (AUC) as proxies for increased flow stasis, were calculated using TDC analyses of a region of ...

Coronary artery calcification has been shown to be a surrogate marker for atherosclerosis, with the calcium score ‘Agatston score’, being proportional to atherosclerosis plaque burden and ...