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BACKGROUND: Carotid atherosclerosis and aortic at herosclerosis are both a predictor of atherosclertic cardiovascular diseases. However, the relationship between carotid and aortic atherosclerosis is not well known.
METHODS: We performed...
The development of plaques along the inner layer of arterial walls is known as atherosclerosis. Atherosclerotic plaques can become hardened by calcium deposition and fibrous tissue of the arterial wall...
Diabetes is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, with atherosclerosis responsible for most associated morbidity and mortality. Atherosclerosis often causes acute thrombotic events through plaque rupture and formation of...
There is increasing recognition in medical fields of the importance of behavioral and psychosocial factors in the development of cardiovascular disease. Although the pathogenesis underlying stress-induced atherosclerosis is not well...
Dendritic cells (DCs), first identified in 1973, have been shown to be the principal cells involved in antigen presentation to T cells, and are more potent in the presentation of...
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a promising method for evaluating thoracic aortic atherosclerosis and coronary atherosclerosis. The highest impact of TEE as a clinical tool is in searching for cardiac embolic...
Atherosclerosis is a major cause of coronary artery disease and stroke. A massive and new type of data has finally arrived in the field of atherosclerosis: single cell RNA sequencing...
BACKGROUND: B-mode ultrasonography of the peripheral arterial vessels appears to provide the most accurate assessment of the extent of atherosclerotic diseases. Because of their easy availablility to ultrasound scanning, the...
Autophagy is a life-sustaining process by which cytoplasmic constituents are segregated in double-lipid bilayer membrane vesicles and undergo degradation into lysosomes. In recent studies, the basal autophagy is an indispensable...
OBJECTS: Atherosclerosis is closely related with the coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral arterial disease. Recently, It was revealed that a common cause of death in Korea is cardiovascular...