- ►onlinejacc.org S Schroeder, AF Kopp, A Baumbach, C Meisner, A … - Journal of the American …, 2001 - Elsevier The risk of acute coronary syndromes caused by plaque disruption and thrombosis depends
on plaque composition rather than stenosis severity. Thus, the reliable noninvasive assessment
of plaque configuration would constitute an important step forward for risk stratification in ... Cited by 614 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
- ►rsna.org C Yuan, LM Mitsumori, KW Beach, KR Maravilla - Radiology, 2001 - radiology.rsna.org Measurement of vessel stenosis by using ultrasonography or angiography remains the principal
method for determining the severity of carotid atherosclerosis and the need for
endarterectomy. The ipsilateral stroke rate, however—even in patients with severely ... Cited by 258 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
RM Zusman, A Morales, DB Glasser, IH Osterloh - The American journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier Sildenafil, a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5), is the first in a new class
of orally effective treatments for erectile dysfunction. During sexual stimulation, the cavernous
nerves release nitric oxide (NO), which induces cyclic guanosine monophosphate ... Cited by 249 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org V Fuster, PR Moreno, ZA Fayad, R Corti, JJ … - Journal of the American …, 2005 - Elsevier Atherothrombosis is a complex disease in which cholesterol deposition, inflammation, and thrombus
formation play a major role. Rupture of high-risk, vulnerable plaques is responsible for coronary
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- ►onlinejacc.org PK Shah - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2003 - Elsevier Rupture of atherosclerotic plaque has been identified as the proximate event in the majority of
cases of acute ischemic syndromes. Plaque rupture exposes thrombogenic components of the
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clinical expression of atherothrom- bosis in vascular disease, and some of the most recent therapeutic
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- ►ahajournals.org J Chen, CH Tung, U Mahmood, V Ntziachristos, R … - Circulation, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— Using western-type diet–fed apoE and apoE/endothelial NO synthase
double knockout mice as models of atherosclerosis, we show (1) that cathepsin B is upregulated
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PB Gorelick - Stroke, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc Background— It is estimated that about half of cardiovascular disease risk is explained by conventional
risk factors. The realization that atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease has led to a search
for new stroke and cardiovascular disease risk factors and treatments. As such, the ... Cited by 195 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
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angiography procedures within 6 months. We investigated 53 patients with initially smooth stenoses
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(LADs) from 760 autopsied 15- to 34-year-old victims of accidents, homicides, and suicides were
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