During June 2006-March 2008 we collected a large sample set of 5295 patients of whom information of coronary angiogram and rich phenotype were gained. Laboratory
Multicenter, placebo controlled,
Lower leg atherosclerosis patients undergoing a femoral artery endarterectomy (n=96) serve as atherosclerosis samples. A groin lymph node is collected from all patients simultaneously for antigen studies. Samples are collected for paraffin blocks, RNAlater and snap freeze samples.
The explanted hearts of heart transplantation recipients have been collected from year 2014-2018 (n=30, collection ongoing). Extensive samples are available including coronary, muscle and valve samples for paraffin blocs, in RNA-later and snap freezed samples.