Atherosclerotic Plaque Rupture: Identifying the Straw That Breaks the Camel's Back

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016 Aug;36(8):e63-72. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.116.307993.

Authors

Yung-Chih Chen¹, Alex L Huang¹, Tin S Kyaw¹, Alex Bobik¹, Karlheinz Peter²

Affiliations

¹ From the Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology Laboratory (Y.-C.C., A.L.H., K.P.), and Vascular Biology and Atherosclerosis Laboratory (T.S.K., A.B.), Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and Departments of Medicine and Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.L.H., A.B., K.P.).
² From the Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology Laboratory (Y.-C.C., A.L.H., K.P.), and Vascular Biology and Atherosclerosis Laboratory (T.S.K., A.B.), Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and Departments of Medicine and Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.L.H., A.B., K.P.). karlheinz.peter@bakeridi.edu.au.

PMID: 27466619
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.116.307993

No abstract available

Keywords: C-reactive protein; atherosclerosis; atherosclerotic plaque; biomarkers; interleukins.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Atherosclerosis / drug therapy
Atherosclerosis / pathology*
Atherosclerosis / physiopathology*
Biomarkers / blood
Blood Platelets / physiology
Disease Models, Animal
Hemodynamics
Hemorrhage / pathology
Humans
Lipids / blood
Lymphocytes / physiology
Lymphoid Tissue / blood supply
Macrophages / physiology
Monocytes / physiology
Plaque, Atherosclerotic / drug therapy
Plaque, Atherosclerotic / pathology*
Plaque, Atherosclerotic / physiopathology*
Rupture, Spontaneous

Substances

Biomarkers
Lipids