Open AccessHealed Plaque Ruptures and Sudden Coronary Death
Author(s) -
Allen Burke,
Frank D. Kolodgie,
Andrew Farb,
Deena K. Weber,
Gray T. Malcom,
John E. Smialek,
Renu Virmani
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.103.7.934
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , stenosis , sudden death , surgery , internal elastic lamina , pathological , ostium , cardiology , subclinical infection , coronary arteries , artery
Subclinical episodes of plaque disruption followed by healing are considered a mechanism of increased plaque burden. Detailed pathological studies of healed ruptures, however, are lacking.
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