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cap

n. slang for maximum, as the most interest that can be charged on an "adjustable rate" promissory note.

CAP

abbreviation for COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY.

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The fibrous caps, the lipid contents (determined as red in Oil red O staining), and the amounts of macrophages, smooth muscle cells (SMCs), and new vessels (determined as brown signals) were observed under light microscopy (BX51, OLYMPUS, Japan).

Mechanism of Chronic Stress-induced Reduced Atherosclerotic Medial Area and Increased Plaque Instability in Rabbit Models of Chronic Stress

OCT produces near in vivo histological images of the superficial layers of the coronary vessel wall and is considered to be more accurate in characterizing the fibrous cap and thrombosis when compared to other intravascular imaging techniques [10].

Clozapine-Induced Myocarditis or Acute Coronary Syndrome? Optical Coherence Tomography to the Rescue

Our study has also shown that almost half of our patients have bridging collaterals, the lesion themselves are generally small in size with tapering ends and without fibrous caps or bends.

PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION IN A TERTIARY CARE CARDIAC CENTRE IN PAKISTAN

What they found was that a thin protective fibrous cap (FC) overlying an atherosclerotic plaque (lipid pool) may rupture, triggering the formation of a blood clot, which may eventually lead to an acute event such as heart attack.

Automated volumetric intravascular plaque classification using optical coherence tomography

Previous studies showed VSMC proliferation was predominant in atherosclerosis progression, while apoptosis and senescence of VSMCs decreased the fibrous cap and led to plaque instability.

Moderate Autophagy Inhibits Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Senescence to Stabilize Progressed Atherosclerotic Plaque via the mTORC1/ULK1/ATG13 Signal Pathway

Shi et al., "Relationship between plasma inflammatory markers and plaque fibrous cap thickness determined by intravascular optical coherence tomography," Heart, vol.

Relation of ABO Blood Groups to the Plaque Characteristic of Coronary Atherosclerosis

We measured the thickness of fibrous cap and collagen content in shear stress-induced carotid plaques.

Overexpression of Prolyl-4-hydroxylase-[alpha]1 stabilizes but increases shear stress-induced atherosclerotic plaque in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

In the meantime, decrease in the thickness of fibrous cap at the injury site raises the risk of plaque rupture and may result in death by inducing CAD.17 Biologically speaking, MMP- 9 exerts catalytic action depending on the active center Zn2+.

Correlation between genetic polymorphism of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in patients with coronary artery disease and cardiac remodeling

(14) reported that plaques with thin fibrous caps and large lipid cores were easy to rupture when using IVUS.

Role of chemokines in promoting instability of coronary atherosclerotic plaques and the underlying molecular mechanism

[22] investigated thirty carotid endarterectomy plaques which were classified as noncalcified and calcified and obtained a similar result that fibrous cap inflammation is more likely to occur in noncalcified than in calcified plaques, suggesting that plaque calcification may result in protection against the rupture of plaque.

How does calcification influence plaque vulnerability? Insights from fatigue analysis

Weakening of the fibrous cap owing to net degradation of extracellular matrix is believed to play an important part in plaque rupture [2].

Relationship of MMP-14 and TIMP-3 expression with macrophage activation and human atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability

(6) Progression to intermediate and then advanced lesions is characterized by the formation of a fibrous cap overlying a lipid-rich core.

Concept of atherosclerosis velocity: is it a better measure of cardiovascular risk?