Do Plaques Rapidly Progress Prior to Myocardial Infarction?: The Interplay between Plaque Vulnerability and Progression

Circulation Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-104

  Ahmadi, Amir ^a,b   Leipsic, Jonathon ^b   Blankstein, Ron ^c   Taylor, Carolyn ^b   Hecht, Harvey ^a   Stone, Gregg W ^d   Narula, Jagat ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; atherosclerosis; coronary artery disease; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLEEDING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ANIMALS; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; METABOLISM; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS;

CHOLESTEROL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NECROSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84940101602     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.305637     Document Type: Review

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