Local Atherosclerotic Plaques Are a Source of Prognostic Biomarkers for Adverse Cardiovascular Events
Articles > Article · 2010
Authors: Dominique P. V. DE KLEIJN, Frans L. MOLL, Willem E. HELLINGS, Gönen ÖZŞARLAK SÖZER, Peter DE BRUIN, Pieter A. DOEVENDANS, Aryan VINK, Louise M. CATANZARITI, Arjan H. SCHONEVELD, Ale ALGRA, Mat J. Daemen, E. A. BIESSEN, W. de Jager, Huoming ZHANG, Jean-Paul DE VRIES, Erling Falk, Sai K. LIM, Peter J. VAN DER SPEK, Siu Kwan SZE, Gerard PASTERKAMP
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2010, vol 30, pp 612-619
DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.109.194944
Summary
Objective-Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is a major burden to health care. Because atherosclerosis is considered a systemic disease, we hypothesized that one single atherosclerotic plaque contains ample molecular information that predicts future cardiovascular events in all vascular territories.