… plaque morphology in quantifiable terms. This study examines the association between
the volume of carotid plaque … Atherosclerotic plaques from 43 patients undergoing carotid …

… 1—Distribution of mast cells (MCs), stained for tryptase, in different developmental stages of
atherosclerotic plaque from human carotid arteries. (a) Lesion type II. MCs were observed in …

… of carotid atherosclerotic plaques, and carotid IMT, in 156 subjects with hypertension. … likely
to have coronary artery disease, carotid plaque, a high white blood cell count, a high IMT/ID …

… individuals had information on carotid plaque and IMT in the common carotid artery (CCA). …
Red cell distribution width was also associated with carotid IMT, but not with carotid plaque. It …

… When measuring progression of carotid plaques, there is a risk of random measurement …
and burden of carotid plaques at baseline, and with future plaque progression independent of …

… level; however, the intersegment distribution of mast cells is unknown. This study on carotid
plaques revealed that there are large intersegment differences in mast cells per mm 2 . It is …

… flow direction and the cellular composition of carotid plaques by quantitatively comparing …
part of plaques with those of the downstream shoulder parts. The common carotid artery with its …

… The inclusion criteria were fulfilled by 80 plaques. On the basis of morphological characteristics,
the carotid plaques used in our study were of advanced stage (type IV to VI) according …

… and inflammatory cell quantification of each excised carotid plaque was made. Nine carotid
arteries were removed from human cadavers that were not preselected for carotid artery …

… cells to the surface of carotid plaques may be a critical step in promoting plaque rupture and
resultant embolization or carotid … of cell recruitment and behavior in carotid atherosclerosis …