Letter by Williams and Tabas Regarding Article “Atherosclerosis 2005: Recent Discoveries and Novel Hypotheses”

Atherosclerosis 2005: recent discoveries and novel hypotheses.

“Atherosclerosis 2005: Recent Discoveries and Novel Hypotheses” We thank Drs Williams and Tabas for their interest in our work1 and agree that there is a substantial body of evidence supporting the role of hyperlipidemia in atherogenesis. In our review, we addressed this point and indicated that cholesterol may be sufficient to alter the homeostasis of the arterial wall in susceptible individua...

Recent Discoveries and Novel Hypotheses

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory process that selectively affects arteries and is highly prevalent in both women and men. Thrombo-occlusive complications of atherosclerosis, including stroke and myocardial infarction, are major causes of morbidity and mortality. Senescence of the arterial tree is a biological process that follows a natural course that can be accelerated by the combined injury...

Letter by Calvet et al regarding article, "Prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with cerebral infarction".

Letter by Brook regarding article, "Residential exposure to traffic is associated with coronary atherosclerosis".

BACKGROUND Long-term exposure to fine-particulate-matter (PM2.5) air pollution may accelerate the development and progression of atherosclerosis. We investigated the associations of long-term residential exposure to traffic and fine particulate matter with the degree of coronary atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS We used baseline data on 4494 participants (age 45 to 74 years) from the Germa...

Letter by Tsuda regarding article, "Serum alkaline phosphatase and phosphate in cerebral atherosclerosis and functional outcomes after cerebral infarction".

Letter by Tsuda Regarding Article, “Serum Alkaline Phosphatase and Phosphate in Cerebral Atherosclerosis and Functional Outcomes After Cerebral Infarction” To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Kim et al dealing with the relationship between serum levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALP)/phosphate and both cerebral atherosclerosis and functional outcomes in patients with acute c...