In many ways, atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder and this issue is confirmed
by recent investigations of that have focused on inflammation, providing new insight into …

In humans, diabetes mellitus (DM) is considered a heterogeneous metabolic disorder.
Swine have been used as a model for many human conditions including type 1 (insulin …

Background and Purpose—Activation of monocytes and differentiation into lipid-laden
macrophages are fundamental events in generation of atherosclerotic lesions. There exist …

Objective There are limited contemporary epidemiological data on the prevalence of carotid
atherosclerosis in the general population. The aim was to determine the prevalence of and …

Background and Purpose—In contrast to the commonly used quantitative marker of
subclinical atherosclerosis, namely intima-media thickness, we investigated the extent to …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The relevance of cavernous carotid artery calcification on
unenhanced CT scans of the brain has recently been investigated against the backdrop of …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: This study was designed to determine whether
calcification of the cavernous carotid artery (CCA) is associated with cerebrovascular infarcts …

Purpose To retrospectively investigate the possible association between carotid artery
calcification score (CS) and cognitive impairment in carotid artery stenosis (CAS) patients …

The purpose of this study was to clarify the relation between differential leukocyte counts
and inhibition of the development of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with coronary artery …

Objective Duplex ultrasonography (DUS) has been the mainstay for diagnosing carotid
artery stenosis and is often the sole diagnostic modality used prior to intervention. Highly …