Rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque [electronic resource] : a consequence of cholesterol accumulation and inflammation in the arterial intima / Petri Kovanen.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection. Genetics of cardiovascular disease: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2008Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (42 min.) : color, sound)Other title: Plaque ruptureSubject(s): Atherosclerosis -- physiopathology | Cardiovascular Diseases -- genetics | Cholesterol | Tunica IntimaOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Contents: Inflammation and aetherosclerosis -- Immune activation -- Response to injury hypothesis -- Discovery of the pathophysiology of aetherosclerosis -- The cholesterol era -- The LDL level -- Arterial intima: the site of atherogenesis -- Genesis of thickening intima -- Adaptive intimal thickening -- Topology of coronary athero-sclerotic lesions -- Cholesterol in blood and in coronary arterial wall -- The "bad" LDL cholesterol and the "good" HDL cholesterol: an imbalance -- Coronary artery disease -- LDL-driven atherosclerosis leads to coronary stenosis -- Human coronary atheroma -- Atherothrombosis -- Plaque disruption -- Structure of an LDL particle -- Extracellular aggregated and fused LDL particles in the arterial intima of genetically hyperlipidemic mouse -- Extracellular lipid droplets in human atherosclerotic plaque -- Fatty streak formation in human fetal aortas is enchanced by maternal hypercholesterolemia.
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