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Evolution of Human Atherosclerotic Lesions

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Prospective studies in certain communities have shown that a number of “risk factors” contribute to the development of atherosclerosis. 1–5, 32 Among the more important are age, sex, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and cigarette smoking. If one’s aim is to produce regression of atherosclerosis (which is what this Advanced Study Institute is all about), then it is necessary first to try to understand how those risk factors accessible to therapeutic intervention might operate in the arterial wall to cause progression of the disease.

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  2. Department of Clinical Chemistry, A. Z. St. Jan Hospital, Brugge, Belgium

    Victor H. Blaton

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Walton, K.W. (1984). Evolution of Human Atherosclerotic Lesions. In: Malinow, M.R., Blaton, V.H. (eds) Regression of Atherosclerotic Lesions. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1773-0_11

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