PLAT and atherosclerosis: According to this model, the fact that we have shown that residual viremia is associated with a marker of monocyte activation (sCD14), two markers of endothelial activation (sEPCR and tPA), and a marker of coagulation (D-dimer), three forms of activation known to favor atherothrombosis (33–35), should encourage us to search for a link between residual viremia and atherosclerosis.