Increased age, high body mass index and low HDL-C levels are related to an echolucent carotid intima-media: the METEOR study

Long-term treatment with low-dose metoprolol CR/XL is associated with increased plaque echogenicity: The Beta-blocker Cholesterol-lowering Asymptomatic Plaque Study (BCAPS)

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HDL and Cardiovascular-Disease Risk — Time for a New Approach?

(2011) Jay Heinecke   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Cholesterol Efflux Capacity, High-Density Lipoprotein Function, and Atherosclerosis

(2011) Amit V. Khera et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The Ability to Promote Efflux Via ABCA1 Determines the Capacity of Serum Specimens With Similar High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol to Remove Cholesterol From Macrophages

(2010) Margarita de la Llera-Moya et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

The effect of statins on carotid plaque morphology: A LDL-associated action or one more pleiotropic effect of statins?

(2010) Gregory C. Makris et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

The HDL hypothesis: does high-density lipoprotein protect from atherosclerosis?: Fig. 1.

(2010) Menno Vergeer et al.   JOURNAL OF LIPID RESEARCH

Correlation of Carotid Artery Atherosclerotic Lesion Echogenicity and Severity at Standard US with Intraplaque Neovascularization Detected at Contrast-enhanced US

(2010) Daniel Staub et al.   RADIOLOGY

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging of the Vasa Vasorum

(2010) Daniel Staub et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Correlation Between Carotid Intimal/Medial Thickness and Atherosclerosis

(2009) Aloke V. Finn et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

An echolucent carotid artery intima-media complex is a new and independent predictor of mortality in an elderly male cohort

(2009) M. Wohlin et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

The Carotid Artery Plaque Size and Echogenicity are Related to Different Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Elderly

(2009) Jessika Andersson et al.   LIPIDS

Echogenecity of the carotid intima–media complex is related to cardiovascular risk factors, dyslipidemia, oxidative stress and inflammation

(2008) Jessika Andersson et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Cholesterol efflux pathways and other potential mechanisms involved in the athero-protective effect of high density lipoproteins

(2008) A. R. Tall   JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Beyond High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels

(2008) Emil M. deGoma et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging of Intraplaque Neovascularization in Carotid Arteries

(2008) Stefano Coli et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Increasing Carotid Plaque Echolucency is Predictive of Cardiovascular Events in High-Risk Patients

(2008) Markus Reiter et al.   RADIOLOGY