TY - JOUR JO - EuroIntervention TI - Shear stress is associated with markers of plaque vulnerability and MMP-9 activity AB - <p class="text-paragraph" xml:lang='en-gb'>Background: Vulnerable plaque has been associated with local macrophage accumulation and local high matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and MMP-9 activity. Since shear stress is a known local modulator of plaque l AU - Krams Rob AU - Cheng C AU - Helderman F AU - Verheye Stefan AU - van Damme LCA AU - Mousavi Gourabi B AU - Tempel D AU - Segers Dolf AU - de Feyter Pim J. AU - Pasterkamp G AU - De Klein D AU - de Crom R AU - van der Steen F.W. Antonius AU - Serruys Patrick W. VL - 2 IS - 2 Y1 - 20/08/2006 Y1 - 2006 DOI - KW - experimental atherosclerosis KW - vulnerable plaque KW - shear stress and cfd PB - Europa Digital & Publishing SE - Experimental research UR - https://eurointervention.pcronline.com/article/shear-stress-is-associated-with-markers-of-plaque-vulnerability-and-mmp-9-activity SN - 1774-024X ER -