The purpose of this NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Factors in Formation and Regression of the Atherosclerotic Plaque" was to discuss the following points: a) The physiopathology of the arterial wall; c) Methods of studying the progression and regression of atherosclerotic lesions quantitatively;

Physiology and Pathology of the Arterial Wall.- Morphology and Physiology of the Arterial Wall.- Metabolism of the Arterial Wall.- Aortic Lipid Metabolism.- From the Fatty Streak to the Calcified Lesion.- Progression and Regression of Advanced Atherosclerosis as Studied by Quantitative Methods.- Ultrasound Techniques in the Study of Carotid Artery Atheroma.- Animal Models.- Experimental Atherosclerosis: Diet and Drugs.- On the Selection of Animal Species as Models for Atherosclerosis Research, with Particular Reference to the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus).- Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis.- Smooth Muscle Metabolie Reactivity in Atherogenesis: LDL Metabolism and Response to Serum Mitogens Differ According to Phenotype.- Thermodynamics and Mechanism of the Association of Plasma Apolipoproteins with Synthetic Phosphatidylcholines.- Nondegradable Analog of Lipoprotein Cholesteryl Ester.- Interactions between Lipoproteins and Glycosaminoglycans.- Plasma Lipoprotein Changes Induced by Diets and Drugs.- Platelets and Atherosclerosis.- Endogenous Agents in Platelet Thrombosis.- Platelet and Vascular Prostaglandins in Uraemia, Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Pre-Eclampsia.- Pharmacological and Dietary Control of Platelet Vessel Wall Interactions in Normal and Pathological Conditions.- Other Factors in Progression and Regression.- Tobacco Smoking and Atherosclerosis.- Ethanol and Blood Lipids in Man.

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