Rosenson - Figure 18 - Conclusions Text

In other words, we need to focus on the artery wall and not consider fecal sterol excretion as a requirement for effective macrophage cholesterol efflux. The HDL – CVD association relates to cholesterol efflux from the artery wall, and it is these terminologies that need redefinition.

We also made a major effort in the summit on reverse cholesterol transport to identify noninvasive and invasive imaging modalities that can provide insight into plaque volume changes, compositional changes in the plaque, and/or macrophage activity in the plaque.

Rosenson RS. J Clin Lipidol. 2011; 5(6).