Intravascular Ultrasonic Study of Gender Differences in Ruptured Coronary Plaque Morphology and Its Associated Clinical Presentation

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 100; no. 2; pp. 185 - 189
• Main Authors: Kruk, Mariusz, MD, PhD, Pregowski, Jerzy, MD, PhD, Mintz, Gary S., MD, Maehara, Akiko, MD, Tyczynski, Pawel, MD, Witkowski, Adam, MD, Kalinczuk, Lukasz, MD, Hong, Young Joon, MD, Pichard, Augusto D., MD, Satler, Lowell F., MD, Kent, Kenneth M., MD, PhD, Suddath, William O., MD, Waksman, Ron, MD, Weissman, Neil J., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier 15.07.2007; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Artery Disease - pathology; Coronary heart disease; Coronary Vessels - pathology; Endosonography; Female; Gender differences; Heart; Humans; Male; Medical imaging; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Older people; Retrospective Studies; Rupture, Spontaneous; Sex Factors; Symptomatology; Phenotype; Morphology; Coronary artery; Sex; Cardiovascular disease; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Coronary heart disease; Phlebology; Comparative study

Coronary plaque rupture is a phenomenon underlying most acute coronary events. Although gender is an important determinant of the incidence and clinical course of coronary atherosclerosis, its relation to plaque rupture is unknown. Therefore, we assessed gender differences in native artery plaque ru...