Differences in Lesion Severity and Cellular Composition between in vivo Assessed Upstream and Downstream Sides of Human Symptomatic Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques

Abstract

The up- and downstream sides of symptomatic carotid plaques differed in plaque morphology and composition. This implies that the intraplaque location of sampling sites may be a confounding factor in studies of atherosclerotic plaques.