Low elastin content of carotid plaques is associated with increased risk of ipsilateral stroke.

Atherosclerotic plaques with a low content of connective tissue proteins are believed to have an increased risk of rupture and to give rise to clinical events. The aim of the present study was to investigate if the content of elastin, collagen and of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) -1, -3, -9 and...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Asciutto, Nuno V Dias, Andreas Edsfeldt, Mihaela Nitulescu, Ana Persson, Marie Nilsson, Pontus Dunér, Jan Nilsson, Isabel Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4372356?pdf=render