Objective To examine the relationship between coronary arterial remodeling and clinical
presentation. Methods A total of 34 patients with acute (10 with recent myocardial infarction …

Histopathological studies of human coronary atheroma (post mortem and atherectomy)
suggest that acute coronary syndrome (ACS) may be the extreme end of a spectrum of …

The complex coronary plaque. Qualitative analysis of lesion morphology on angiography
has generated considerable interest over the past few years (1-3). Significant lesions (< …

Aims Post-mortem pathological studies have shown that a “vulnerable” plaque is the
dominant patho-physiological mechanism responsible for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) …

BACKGROUND: Patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may have multiple complex
coronary plaques that are not limited to the culprit lesions. However, it is unknown whether …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The pathophysiology of acute coronary syndrome
(ACS) is plaque rupture with thrombus formation, which is different from that of stable angina …

Background: Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) have multiple complex coronary
plaques associated with plaque vulnerability. The present study assessed the tissue …

Background—Previous studies have reported diffuse destabilization of atherosclerotic
plaques in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods and Results—We used intravascular …

Background—In vivo studies with intravascular ultrasound have shown that complex plaque
anatomy and plaque rupture are more frequent in the presence of marked outward …

Positive remodeling is more often observed in lesions of patients who have acute coronary
syndromes or vulnerable (rupture-prone) plaques. However, there are few data that …