Sentences with phrase «atherosclerotic plaque ruptures»

Background: Inflammation drives atherosclerotic plaque rupture.

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As described in a scientific paper published earlier this year (Nature Genetics, 2004), this risk is probably the result of increased inflammation in atherosclerotic plaques, contributing to plaque rupture.

The tiny particles are 1,000 times smaller than the tip of a human hair, and are designed to latch on to atherosclerotic plaques — hard deposits made from accumulated fat, cholesterol and calcium that build up on the walls of arteries and are prone to rupture, producing dangerous clots.

This is most commonly due to occlusion (blockage) of a coronary artery following the rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, which is an unstable collection of lipids (cholesterol and fatty acids) and white blood cells (especially macrophages) in the wall of an artery.

Site of intimal rupture or erosion of thrombosed coronary atherosclerotic plaques is characterized by an inflammatory process irrespective of the dominant plaque morphology.