Our warmest congratulations go to:
Dr Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, MD, PhD from the Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
for his publication: Chatzizisis YS, Baker AB, Sukhova GK, Koskinas KC, Papafaklis MI, Beigel R, Jonas M, Coskun AU, Stone BV, Maynard C, Shi GP, Libby P, Feldman CL, Edelman ER, Stone PH.
Augmented expression and activity of extracellular matrix-degrading enzymes in regions of low endothelial shear stress colocalize with coronary atheromata with thin fibrous caps in pigs. Circulation 2011;123:621-30
and to Dr John Mercer at the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
for his publication: Mercer, J, Cheng, KK, Figg, N, Gorenne, I, Mahmoudi, M, Griffin, J, Vidal-Puig, A, Logan, A, Murphy, MP, Bennett, MR.
DNA damage links mitochondrial dysfunction to atherosclerosis and the metabolic syndrome (2010). Circ Res ;107;1021-1031
Both winners presented their publications in a special session at EAS 2011, Tuesday 28 June, 15:45-16:15
