Bang He

Circulating and intraplaque interleukin-40 is associated with CTA-defined high-risk carotid plaques: an integrated imaging, serological, and histopathological study

Risk assessment of carotid atherosclerosis is moving beyond stenosis-based evaluation toward the identification of biologically active plaque phenotypes. Although CTA can characterize high-risk plaque morphology, biomarkers that reflect the inflammatory processes underlying these...