Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is a common disorder of the arteries. It occurs when fat, cholesterol, and other substances build up in the walls of arteries and form hard substances called plaque. Eventually, the plaque… More »
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Atherosclerosis is a multifocal, smoldering, immunoinflammatory disease of medium-sized and large arteries fuelled by lipids. Endothelial cells, ... This article describes the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, how it begets thrombosis, and the possibility to detect thrombosis-prone plaques and prevent heart attack.
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Rapidly evolving knowledge of the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, coupled with novel, target-specific therapies, is revolutionizing the treatment of atherosclerosis. ... Given the importance of the inflammatory cascade in pathogenesis of atherosclerosis clinical interest has focused on the development of markers of risk;
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CRP reflects systemic inflammation, and these results support the hypothesis that chronic inflammation may play a role in the pathogenesis and progression of atherosclerosis.
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Atherosclerosis is still an important disease. ... Atherosclerosis may exert clinical effects by slow narrowing, producing stable angina or dramatic rupture, producing acute coronary syndromes such as unstable angina or myocardial infarction and death. Macrophages are abundant in ruptured atherosclerotic plaques.
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INTRODUCTION The clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis are well known and include coronary heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease 1~2 1,2 . The basic aspects of the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis will be reviewed here. ... Ross, R. The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: A perspective for the 1990s.
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Atherosclerosis is a disease of large and medium-sized muscular arteries and is characterized by endothelial dysfunction ... CRP reflects systemic inflammation, and these results support the hypothesis that chronic inflammation may play a role in the pathogenesis and progression of atherosclerosis.
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ATHEROSCLEROSIS (PDF File)
Levine et al 1996 Endothelial dysfunction Expression of VCAM-1 on endothelial surfaces is an early, and necessary, step in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
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* Atherosclerosis Research Unit, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095; ** Departments of Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095;
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