Although coronary artery lesions in treated animals were only modestly smaller than plaques in control animals, they had a significantly reduced inflammatory cell content and necrotic core area ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.