Perivascular Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Coronary Artery Disease: An Autopsy Study Protocol

Daniela Souza Farias-Itao   ^{1, 2} , BSN, MSc ;   Carlos Augusto Pasqualucci   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Aline Nishizawa   ^{1, 2} , BNS, PhD ;   Luiz Fernando Ferraz Silva   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Fernanda Marinho Campos   ¹ , B Pharm ;   Karen Cristina Souza Da Silva   ^{1, 2} , BS (Biology) ;   Renata Elaine Paraizo Leite   ^{2, 4} , BPT, PhD ;   Lea Tenenholz Grinberg   ^{2, 5} , MD, PhD ;   Renata Eloah Lucena Ferretti-Rebustini   ^{2, 6} , BNS, PhD ;   Wilson Jacob Filho   ^{2, 4} , MD, PhD ;   Claudia Kimie Suemoto   ^{1, 2, 4} , MD, PhD, MSc

¹ Laboratory of Cardiovascular Pathology, Department of Pathology – LIM22, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

² Physiopathology in Aging Lab/Brazilian Aging Brain Study Group – LIM22, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

³ Department of Pathology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

⁴ Discipline of Geriatrics, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

⁵ Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States

⁶ Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, University of São Paulo School of Nursing, Sao Paulo, Brazil