Gerasimos Siasos, Vasiliki Tsigkou, Ahmet Umit Coskun, Evangelos Oikonomou, Marina Zaromitidou, Lilach O Lerman, Amir Lerman, Peter H Stone
Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in developed countries, with an increasing incidence in developing countries. Despite the ad-vances in cardiology, there are yet many unanswered questions about the natural history of cor-onary atherosclerosis. However, it has not been fully explained why some coronary artery plaques remain quiescent over time, whereas others evolve to a high-risk, "vulnerable" plaque with a predisposition to destabilize and induce a cardiac event...
March 29, 2023: Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry