Hypothesis: Our hypothesis is that coronary atherosclerosis induces both quantitative and qualitative modifications of circulating proteins, which can be captured by a differential proteomic approach applied to serum or plasma samples. Identification of such modifications in the circulating blood of patients with coronary artery disease (versus patients without coronary artery disease) and/or of patients with acute coronary syndromes (versus stable coronary artery disease) may lead to discovery of new biomarkers of coronary atherosclerosis and of atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability.