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NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
卷 27, 期 9, 页码 768-774出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2017.05.006
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Cardiovascular disease; Atherosclerosis; Plaque calcification; Hydroxyapatite; Energy dispersive; X-ray microanalysis
Background and aims: Recent studies highlighted the role of calcification processes in the clinical progression of chronic cardiovascular diseases. In this study we investigated the relationship between the chemical composition of calcification and atherosclerotic plaque stability in carotid arteries. Methods and results: To this end, we characterized the calcification on 229 carotid plaques, by morphology, immunohistochemistry, transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis. Plaques were classified into two categories: unstable and stable. No significant differences were found in the incidence of the various risk factors between patients with and without carotid calcification, with the exception of diabetes. The energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis allowed us to identify two types of calcium salts in the atheromatous plaques, hydroxyapatite (HA) and calcium oxalate (CO). Our results showed that calcification is a common finding in carotid plaques, being present in 77.3% of cases, and the amount of calcium is not a factor of vulnerability. Noteworthy, we observed an association between HA calcification and unstable plaques. On the contrary, CO calcifications were mainly detected in stable plaques. Conclusions: The presence of different types of calcification in atheromatous plaques may open new perspectives in understanding the molecular mechanisms of atheroma formation and plaque instability. (C) 2017 The Italian Society of Diabetology, the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis, the Italian Society of Human Nutrition, and the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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