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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

and other substances in the coronary arteries, forming plaques. The process of plaque buildup is termed atherosclerosis. Rupture of these plaques can lead to the sudden formation of blood clots ...

CAC Score 0: No detectable calcified plaque in the coronary arteries. However ... It is when the 30% blockages get missed ...

An important mechanism responsible for the sudden and unpredictable onset of acute thrombosis is plaque rupture. [1] The risk of rupture depends more on the plaque's composition rather than its size.

Following publication of our studies, some physicians and patients question whether coronary atherosclerosis in athletes requires statins due to the potential lower non-calcified plaque burden and ...

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.