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Immune and Inflammatory Responses in the Human Atherosclerotic Plaque

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The Role of Immune Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Disease

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Atherosclerotic plaques are the underlying cause of most cardiovascular diseases, with myocardial infarction as a major consequence. The development of arterial lesions starts in childhood, and they progress slowly and become clinically manifest only after an event-free interval of many decades. The sudden onset of symptoms is usually initiated by complications in an advanced plaque, such as plaque disruption and superimposed thrombosis [1].

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    A. C. van der Wal, O. J. de Boer & A. E. Becker

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  1. Abteilung für Kardiologie/Pulmologie, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin der Freien Universität Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200, Berlin, Germany

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van der Wal, A.C., de Boer, O.J., Becker, A.E. (1997). Immune and Inflammatory Responses in the Human Atherosclerotic Plaque. In: Schultheiss, HP., Schwimmbeck, P. (eds) The Role of Immune Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60463-8_18

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