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The microenvironment of the atheroma expresses phenotypes of plaque instability.
Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology - 1 Jan 2023
Yan Angela, Gotlieb Avrum I
Abstract excerpt
Data from histopathology studies of human atherosclerotic tissue specimens and from vascular imaging studies support the concept that the local arterial microenvironment of a stable atheroma promotes destabilizing conditions that result in the transition to an unstable atheroma. Destabilization is characterized by several different plaque phenotypes that cause major clinical events such as acute coronary syndrome...
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