Statin Treatment, Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Macrophage Infiltration and Circulating Inflammatory Markers

BACKROUND: Statin treatment is considered as first line therapy in patients with atherosclerotic disease. We evaluated the effect of pre-treatment with statins on carotid plaque infiltration by macrophages and on the circulating levels of proinflammatory cytokines in patients who underwent carotid e...

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Autores principales: Koutouzis, Michael, Paraskevas, Kosmas I, Rallidis, Loukianos S, Barbatis, Calypso, Nomikos, Alexandros, Tzavara, Vasiliki, Tsopanomichalou, Maria, Lioupis, Christos, Bessias, Nikolaos, Andikopoulos, Vassilios, Mikhailidis, Dimitri P, Kyriakides, Zenon S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19471553
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874192400802010110

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19471553
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874192400802010110

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