Coronary atherosclerosis in unheralded sudden coronary death under age 50: Histo-pathologic comparison with 'healthy' subjects dying out of hospital

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 499-508

  Schmermund, Axel ^a,c   Schwartz, Robert S ^a   Adamzik, Michael ^a   Sangiorgi, Giuseppe ^a   Pfeifer, Eric A ^a   Rumberger, John A ^a   Burke, Allen P ^b   Farb, Andrew ^b   Virmani, Renu ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Coronary plaque; Electron beam computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Plaque rupture; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0035092777     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(00)00598-0     Document Type: Article

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