Vulnerability of atherosclerotic carotid disease: from laboratory to operating room - Part 1

Luciano Cabral Albuquerque^I; Luciane Barreneche NARVAES^II; João Rubião HOEFEL FILHO^III; Maurício ANES^IV; Aluísio Antunes MACIEL^V; Henrique STAUB^VI; Maurício FRIEDRICH^VII; Luis Eduardo ROHDE^VIII

DOI: 0.1590/S0102-76382006000200004

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1 - Member of the Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery. Master degree in cardiology by the Universidade Federal do RS. Cardiovascular surgeon of the Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS. 2 - Post graduation student in cardiology da Universidade Federal do RS. Cardiovascular surgeon of the Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS. 3 - Head of Imaging Diagnostic Center of the Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS. Assistant professor of the Pathology Department of the Medical School of PUCRS. 4 - Physician of the Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomography Laboratory of the Hospital São Lucas of PUCRS. 5 - Pathologist of the Hospital São Lucas of PUCRS. 6 - PhD in Rheumatology by the PUCRS. Assistant professor of the Internal Medicine Department of the Medical School of PUCRS. Rheumatologist of the Hospital São Lucas of PUCRS. 7 - PhD in Neurosciences by the PUCRS. Head of the Neurovascular Disease Program of the Hospital São Lucas of PUCRS. 8 - PhD in Cardiology by the Universidade Federal do RS. Adjunct professor of the Internal Medicine Department of the Medical School of UFRGS. Professor of the Post Graduation Course in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Sciences of the Federal University do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Cardiologist and Echocardiographist of the Cardiology Service of the Hospital de Clínicas in Porto Alegre. Correspondence
Luciano Cabral Albuquerque. Centro Clínico do Hospital da PUCRS. Av. Ipiranga 6690, conj. 615. Porto Alegre, RS. CEP 90610-000. Fone/Fax: (51)-3336-8190. E-mail: alb.23@terra.com.br