Background— Carbon monoxide (CO) has emerged as a vascular homeostatic molecule that prevents balloon angioplasty–induced stenosis via antiproliferative effects on vascular smooth muscle cells. The ...

Because of their rare detection in atherosclerotic lesions, the involvement of neutrophils in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis has been largely denied. However, over the past couple of years, ...

Normal tissue function depends on adequate supply of oxygen through blood vessels. Understanding how blood vessels form has become a principal, yet challenging, objective of the last decade.

Drug-coated balloons (DCBs) are emerging as a valuable alternative to drug-eluting stents (DES) in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), especially in the context of complex coronary artery ...

Endothelium-specific deletion of EP4 in mice suppresses reendothelialization, increases neointimal leukocyte infiltration, and exacerbates neointimal formation after angioplasty wire injury (20), ...