Importance of inflammation in arteriosclerotic plaque destabilization and rupture

Introduction. Although Rudolf Virchow considered arteriosclerosis an inflammatory disease in his book Cellular Pathology published in 1858, the opinion that it was a degenerative arterial disease as a civilization disease prevailed. Nowadays, a great attention has been paid to the inflammatory proce...

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Main Authors: Tatić Vujadin, Kanjuh Vladimir, Rafajlovski Saša I., Kostić Kristina, Šuščević Dušan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Military Health Department, Ministry of Defance, Serbia 2005-01-01
Series:Vojnosanitetski Pregled
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2005/0042-84500509649T.pdf