Kusai Aziz

Effect of Cholesterol Crystals on Plaques and Intima in Arteries of Patients With Acute Coronary and Cerebrovascular Syndromes

George S. Abela, Kusai Aziz, Ameeth Vedre et al. · The American Journal of Cardiology · 2009 · 210 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Sciences +14

Cholesterol crystals rupture biological membranes and human plaques during acute cardiovascular events‐a novel insight into plaque rupture by scanning electron microscopy

George S. Abela, Kusai Aziz · Scanning · 2006 · 119 citations

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Cardiology +14

Noninvasive Detection and Localization of Vulnerable Plaque and Arterial Thrombosis With Computed Tomography Angiography/Positron Emission Tomography

Kusai Aziz, Kevin L. Berger, Kate Claycombe et al. · Circulation · 2008 · 94 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Nuclear Medicine +17

Cholesterol crystals cause mechanical damage to biological membranes: A proposed mechanism of plaque rupture and erosion leading to arterial thrombosis

George S. Abela, Kusai Aziz · Clinical Cardiology · 2005 · 89 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Cardiology +15

Plaque Rupture and Thrombosis Are Reduced by Lowering Cholesterol Levels and Crystallization With Ezetimibe and Are Correlated With Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography

Roshan M. Patel, Abed Janoudi, Ameeth Vedre et al. · Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · 2011 · 58 citations

Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy +17