[Atherothrombosis: the same process for different arterial territories?].
Atherothrombosis is a diffuse disease. Is it the same process whatever the territory? or are there specific features depending upon the location of the lesions? At the level of the plaque, from a pathophysiological standpoint, the available literature suggests a similar process whatever the territory (slow growth of the plaque, inflammation, rupture and erosion, thrombosis, embolization). The consequences of atherothrombosis may however vary from one territory to another; this may be related to differences in arterial circulations or in cell tolerance to ischemia or in adaptative mechanisms such as collateral growth.
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Hôpital cardiologique, CHRU de Lille, boulevard du Pr. J.-Leclercq, 59037 Lille, France. cbauters@chru-lille.fr
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