Vulnerability-Index of the lesions in the mouse models of atherosclerotic plaque destabilization.

Vulnerability-Index (VI) was calculated by the relation between analyzed unstable (U) and stable (S) features of the plaque and corrected by the incidence of lesion formation (p, VIc). Lesions not representing the type II phenotype were scored as zero. SD was not indicated for models with incidence of n = 1 of type II lesions. LCCA: left common coronary artery; LRA: left renal artery; CD: chow diet; HFD: high fat diet. (n = 3–8; p Vulnerability-Index of the lesions in the mouse models of atherosclerotic plaque destabilization.