NOTES BY
ELIASPARAMEDIC.
,
,Role of inflammation in atherosclerosis ?
- A fierce debate started in the 19th century -
Both observed cellular inflammatory changes in the atherosclerotic vessel walls
Carl von Rokitansky Rudolf Virchow
„Inflammation accompanies „Inflammation initiates
atherosclerosis“ atherosclerosis“
Rolitansky; Virchow R. Der ateromatöse Prozess
A manual of pathologic anatomy. 1852 der Arterien. Wien Med Wschr 1856
, RUDOLF VIRCHOW
Inflammation-based
arterial changes as a
mechanism of
primary importance
in atherogenesis
mid 19th century