Carotid rupture and intraplaque hemorrhage: Immunophenotype and role of cells involved

The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: a perspective for the 1990s

1993 • 10,730 citations

Site of intimal rupture or erosion of thrombosed coronary atherosclerotic plaques is characterized by an inflammatory process irrespective of the dominant plaque morphology.

1994 • 1,913 citations

Definition of Two Angiogenic Pathways by Distinct α _v Integrins

1995 • 1,333 citations

INFLUENCE OF PLAQUE CONFIGURATION AND STRESS DISTRIBUTION ON FISSURING OF CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES

1989 • 1,249 citations

Coronary Plaque Erosion Without Rupture Into a Lipid Core

1996 • 1,247 citations

The expression of the adhesion molecules ICAM‐1, VCAM‐1, PECAM, and E‐selectin in human atherosclerosis

1993 • 772 citations

Human atherosclerosis. II. Immunocytochemical analysis of the cellular composition of human atherosclerotic lesions.

1986 • 676 citations

Atherosclerotic plaque caps are locally weakened when macrophages density is increased

1991 • 541 citations

A macro and micro view of coronary vascular insult in ischemic heart disease.

1990 • 411 citations

Why do plaques rupture?

1992 • 385 citations

Carotid Plaque Hemorrhage

1982 • 357 citations

The pathogenesis of a coronary thrombus.

1966 • 277 citations

Coronary Thrombi Increase PTCA Risk

1996 • 194 citations

Possible Role of Cytomegalovirus in Atherogenesis

1990 • 177 citations

Clinical advisory: carotid endarterectomy for patients with asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis.

1994 • 173 citations

Collagen types I and III, collagen content, GAGs and mechanical strength of human atherosclerotic plaque caps: span-wise variations

1992 • 159 citations

Localization of T lymphocytes and macrophages expressing IL-1, IL-2 receptor, IL-6 and TNF in human aortic intima. Role of cell-mediated immunity in human atherogenesis

1993 • 155 citations

Percutaneous angioscopy during coronary angioplasty using a steerable microangioscope

1991 • 136 citations

Carotid intraplaque hemorrhage: The significance of neovascularity

1987 • 119 citations

The Natural History of Carotid Plaque Development

1983 • 118 citations

Diagnosis, surveillance, and epidemiologic evaluation of viral infections in pediatric cardiac transplant recipients with the use of the polymerase chain reaction.

1996 • 77 citations

Relationships between risk factors and morphological patterns of human carotid atherosclerotic plaques. A multivariate discriminant analysis

1994 • 52 citations

Histologic characteristics of tissue excised during directional coronary atherectomy in stable and unstable angina pectoris

1993 • 46 citations

Histopathologic correlates of unstable ischemic syndromes in patients undergoing directional coronary atherectomy: In vivo evidence of thrombosis, ulceration, and inflammation

1994 • 35 citations

Comparison of histopathologic coronary lesions obtained from directional atherectomy in stable angina versus acute coronary syndromes

1994 • 33 citations

Carotid atherosclerosis. Immunocytochemical analysis of the vascular and cellular composition in endarterectomies.

1996 • 32 citations

Histologic characterization of carotid plaques

1994 • 30 citations

Migration of leukocytes across the vascular intima molecules and mechanisms

1995 • 28 citations

Perflenapent emulsion (echogen®): A new long-acting phase-shift agent for contrast echocardiography

1997 • 26 citations