Identifying and Treating Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 205; pp. 214 - 222
• Main Authors: Ambrose, John A., Sharma, Avinash V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 15.10.2023; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acute coronary syndromes; Angiography; Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; Blood clots; Cardiovascular disease; Catheters; Computed tomography; Confidence intervals; Coronary vessels; FDA approval; Histology; Lesions; Lipids; Medical imaging; Myocardial infarction; plaque erosion; Plaques; Risk; thin-capped fibroatheroma; Thrombosis; Tomography; vulnerable plaque; atherosclerosis; plaque erosion; thin-capped fibroatheroma; vulnerable plaque

Acute coronary syndromes and, in particular, ST-elevation myocardial infarction are usually caused by coronary thrombosis in which the thrombus develops either on a disrupted plaque (usually a thin-capped fibroatheroma) or an eroded atherosclerotic plaque. These thrombus-prone plaques are vulnerable...