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Different stages of intraplaque hemorrhage are associated with different plaque phenotypes: a large histopathological study in 794 carotid and 276 femoral endarterectomy specimens.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Oct 2011
Derksen Wouter J M, Peeters Wouter, van Lammeren Guus W, Tersteeg Claudia, de Vries Jean-Paul P M, de Kleijn Dominique P V, Moll Frans L, van der Wal Allard C, Pasterkamp Gerard, Vink Aryan
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Intraplaque hemorrhage (IPH) is an important determinant of progression and destabilization of atherosclerotic plaque. We recently demonstrated that IPH is an independent predictor of cardiovascular events. IPH has become more clinically relevant since magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique is able to visualize IPH in vivo. Different stages of IPH have been described. However, etiology...
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