and found that 206 patients—158 with acute coronary syndrome and 48 with stable angina pectoris—had ruptured plaques. A total of 273 individual plaque ruptures were detected by IVUS ...

Although coronary artery lesions in treated animals were only modestly smaller than plaques in control animals, they had a significantly reduced inflammatory cell content and necrotic core area ...

An individual may develop a rupture of an atheromatous plaque at any stage of the spectrum of coronary artery disease. The acute rupture of a plaque may lead to an acute myocardial infarction ...

Plaque rupture and thrombosis frequently occurs at plaques that cause only modest coronary stenosis (< 50% luminal narrowing). STEMI most often results from coronary thrombosis after plaque ...

[DeFilippis 2019;2b-d(1662)] A type 1 MI is “caused by atherothrombotic coronary artery disease and usually precipitated by atherosclerotic plaque disruption (rupture or erosion)”, while a ...

Causes include a build-up of plaque and plaque rupture in coronary arteries. Symptoms include chest pain at rest or on exertion, sweating, and shortness of breath. Treatable by a medical ...

Rupture of mature complex plaques with ongoing inflammation can lead to thrombosis, and many adverse acute clinical events such as stroke, myocardial infarction and/or sudden coronary death.

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This condition is called coronary artery disease. During a heart attack, one of these plaques can rupture and spill cholesterol and other substances into the bloodstream. A blood clot forms at the ...