Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease, in which the immune system has a
prominent role in its development and progression. Inflammation-induced endothelial …

Background and Purpose—The simplistic view of atherosclerosis as a disorder of
pathological lipid deposition has been redefined by the more complex concept of an …

Objectives: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased cardiovascular risk, but
the magnitude of this risk is not known precisely. A study was undertaken to investigate the …

Background and Purpose—Ultrasound of carotid arteries provides measures of intima
media thickness (IMT) and plaque, both widely used as surrogate measures of …

The Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) published the “Guidelines for elective percutaneous
coronary intervention [PCI] in patients with stable coronary disease” in 2000. In 2006 …

Background—Carotid atherosclerosis, measured as carotid intima-media thickness or as
characteristics of plaques, has been linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and to C …

Peripheral artery disease (PAD), which consists of partial or complete obstruction of the
arteries in the lower limbs, is one of the most common manifestations of atherosclerosis …

During the last decades, the clinical and research interest in atherosclerosis has been
mostly focused on coronary arteries. After the publications of the European Society …

Atherosclerosis is considered a to be multifactorial disease driven by inflammatory reactions.
The process of inflammation also contributes to the pathogenesis of acute atherothrombotic …

Background and Purpose—Histological data associate proliferation of adventitial vasa
vasorum and intraplaque neovascularization with vulnerable plaques represented by …