Symptomatic carotid plaques most often rupture close to the bifurcation.
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Blood cadmium is associated with CD68 stained areas close to the bifurcation.
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Cadmium is unrelated to CD14 stained areas as a measure of macrophage activation.
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Cadmium exposure is associated with accumulation of pro-inflammatory macrophages.
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These data add to current knowledge of the pro-atherogenic effect of cadmium.
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