Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death worldwide. Over the past two decades, it has
been clearly recognized that atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the arterial wall …

Current thinking supports the notion that several inflammatory proteins intervene with
endothelium and haemostatic factors leading to plaque formation and rupture. Of these, C …

In the last decade, several studies strengthened the idea that a diffuse and systemic
inflammation is functionally associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The mechanism …

Sound data support the concept that in atherosclerosis, inflammation and dyslipidemia
intersect each other and that irrespective of the initiator, both participate from the early …

Several evidences, ranging from in vitro experiments, pathologic analysis and epidemiologic
studies, show that atherosclerosis is intrinsically an inflammatory disease. The plasma …

Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease has a complex pathogenesis which extends beyond
cholesterol intimal infiltration. It involves chronic inflammation of the coronary artery wall …

Abdominal obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and recent studies
highlight a key role of adipose tissue dysfunction, inflammation, and aberrant adipokine …

Inflammation is a pathogenic response to multiple factors, that causes over-activation of
different molecules and pro-inflammatory cellular lines. Different behavioral factors and risk …

Inflammation is widely considered to be an important contributing factor of the
pathophysiology of coronary heart disease (CHD), and the inflammatory cascade is …

Atherosclerosis constitutes the underlying disease to the clinical manifestations of
myocardial infarction, stroke, and gangrene. Despite the success of statins, prevention of …