Vascular calcification, long thought to result from passive degeneration, involves a complex,
regulated process of biomineralization resembling osteogenesis. Evidence indicates that …

Atherothrombosis is a complex disease in which cholesterol deposition, inflammation, and
thrombus formation play a major role. Rupture of high-risk, vulnerable plaques is …

Background—Atherosclerotic plaque stability is related to histological composition.
However, current diagnostic tools do not allow adequate in vivo identification and …

Background In view of consistently high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality rates,
international efforts are aimed at developing tools for more precise risk prediction to allow …

Background: Computed tomography (CT) allows estimation of coronary artery calcium
(CAC) progression. We evaluated several progression algorithms in our unselected …

A group of investigators met for two days in Santorini, Greece, to discuss progress in the field
of identification and treatment of high risk/vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques and patients …

Aims To quantify the prevalence of coronary artery calcification (CAC) in relation to
cardiovascular risk factors in marathon runners, and to study its role for myocardial damage …

Our objective was to evaluate the association of arterial 18F-FDG uptake and calcifications
in large arteries as detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT with the subsequent occurrence of …

As a consequence of improved technology, there is growing clinical interest in the use of
multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) for non-invasive coronary angiography …

Inflammation plays a major role in all phases of atherosclerosis. Stable plaques are
characterized by a chronic inflammatory infiltrate, whereas vulnerable and ruptured plaques …