Chronic inflammation is a central pathogenic mechanism of atherosclerosis induction and
progression. Vascular inflammation is associated with accelerated onset of late …

Abstract Rudolph Virchow (1821–1902) recognized inflammation in histological
preparations of coronary arteries and proposed that inflammation plays a causal role in …

Atherosclerosis is the primary cause of heart disease and stroke and is thus the underlying
pathology of the leading causes of death in the western world. Although risk can be reduced …

Over the past two decades, the viewpoint of atherosclerosis has been replaced gradually by
a lipiddriven, chronic, low-grade inflammatory disease of the arterial wall. Current treatment …

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease; unstable atherosclerotic plaque rupture,
vascular stenosis, or occlusion caused by platelet aggregation and thrombosis lead to acute …

Background Atherosclerosis is recognized as a systemic low‐grade inflammatory disease.
Furthermore, the dysregulation of the inflammatory response and its timely resolution is a …

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease within the arterial wall that is responsible for
several important adverse vascular events, including coronary artery disease, myocardial …

The view of atherosclerosis as an inflammatory disease has emerged from observations of
immune activation and inflammatory signalling in human atherosclerotic lesions, from the …

Atherogenesis has been traditionally viewed as a metabolic disease representing arterial
obstruction by fatty deposits in its wall. Today, it is believed that atherogenesis involves …

Atherosclerosis is a well-known global health problem. Despite the high prevalence of the
disease, numerous aspects of pathogenesis remain unclear. Subsequently, there are still no …