Morphogenesis of unstable atherosclerotic plaque and its role in development of acute coronary syndrome (ACS)

Severgin, L.O.

Arkhiv Patologii 67(3): 51-54

2005


ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1955
PMID: 16075616
Document Number: 593317
There is a combination of inflammation inside unstable atherosclerotic plaque and reparation of its fibrous cover. Increase of the inflammation activity with production of various proteases results in thinning of fibrous cover and loss of normal intercellular and matrix-cell interactions. Later rupture of the plaque takes place with development of a variant of ACS.

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