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Atherosclerotic plaque burden, plaque vulnerability and arterial remodeling: the role of inflammation.
Minerva Cardioangiol
April 2002
Experimental Cardiology Laboratory Heart Lung Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht and Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Atherosclerotic narrowing of the arterial lumen is caused by gradual plaque growth and arterial remodeling. Expansive remodeling retards and constrictive remodeling accelerates narrowing of the lumen by plaque accumulation. In the acute phase luminal narrowing may be accelerated by rupture of a vulnerable plaque and subsequent thrombus formation.
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