Aims Inflammation is a key factor in the development of plaque rupture and acute
cardiovascular events. Although imaging techniques can be used to identify vulnerable …

Atherosclerosis is the focal expression of a systemic disease affecting medium‐and large‐
sized arteries, in which traditional cardiovascular risk factor and immune factors play a key …

Inflammation is crucially involved in the development of carotid plaques. We examined the
relationship between plaque vulnerability and inflammatory biomarkers using intraoperative …

Carotid atherosclerotic plaques represent a risk for ischemic stroke. The data indicate that
the risk for distal embolization from atherosclerotic lesions in internal carotid arteries is not …

The atherosclerotic lesion contains large numbers of macrophages and T lymphocytes. This
suggests that a cellular immune response may take place in the lesion, and oxidized …

Objective Most acute cardiovascular events are caused by rupture of an atherosclerotic
plaque. The incidence of cardiovascular events increases with age and inflammation is …

Atherosclerosis is nowadays generally accepted as an inflammatory disease. It is known that
local inflammation occurs in the formation the plaques, as macrophages and other immuno …

Aim: Inflammation is highlighted in the pathogenesis and destabilization of atherosclerotic
lesions. Noninvasive identification of inflammation of atherosclerotic lesions has been …

Background and Purpose—The concept of “vulnerable plaque” has been extended to the
more recent definition of the “cardiovascular vulnerable patient,” in which “intraplaque” and …

Retrospectively, plaque rupture is often colocalized with inflammation of the cap and
shoulder of the atherosclerotic plaque. Local inflammation is therefore considered a …