Consideration of a new definition of clinically relevant myocardial infarction after coronary revascularization: an expert consensus document from the Society for …

ID Moussa, LW Klein, B Shah, R Mehran… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Numerous definitions have been proposed for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI)
after coronary revascularization. The universal definition for MI designates post procedural …

Requiem for the 'vulnerable plaque'

P Libby, G Pasterkamp - European heart journal, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The concept of the so-called 'vulnerable plaque'has proved highly useful to guide research
and thinking regarding the pathophysiology of the acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Yet, the …

Myocardial infarction associates with a distinct pericoronary adipose tissue radiomic phenotype: a prospective case-control study

A Lin, M Kolossváry, J Yuvaraj, S Cadet… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - jacc.org
Objectives This study sought to determine whether coronary computed tomography
angiography (CCTA)-based radiomic analysis of pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) could …

From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part I

M Naghavi, P Libby, E Falk, SW Casscells, S Litovsky… - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease results in> 19 million deaths annually, and coronary
heart disease accounts for the majority of this toll. Despite major advances in treatment of …

Acute coronary syndromes: diagnosis and management, part I

A Kumar, CP Cannon - Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2009 - Elsevier
The term acute coronary syndrome (ACS) refers to any group of clinical symptoms
compatible with acute myocardial ischemia and includes unstable angina (UA), non—ST …

Pathology of the vulnerable plaque

R Virmani, AP Burke, A Farb, FD Kolodgie - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
The majority of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) present with unstable angina,
acute myocardial infarction, and sudden coronary death. The most common cause of …

Pathophysiology of coronary artery disease

P Libby, P Theroux - Circulation, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
During the past decade, our understanding of the pathophysiology of coronary artery
disease (CAD) has undergone a remarkable evolution. We review here how these advances …

The myth of the “vulnerable plaque” transitioning from a focus on individual lesions to atherosclerotic disease burden for coronary artery disease risk assessment

A Arbab-Zadeh, V Fuster - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2015 - jacc.org
The cardiovascular science community has pursued the quest to identify vulnerable
atherosclerotic plaque in patients for decades, hoping to prevent acute coronary events …

Mechanisms of myocardial infarction in women without angiographically obstructive coronary artery disease

HR Reynolds, MB Srichai, SN Iqbal, JN Slater… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—There is no angiographically demonstrable obstructive coronary artery
disease (CAD) in a significant minority of patients with myocardial infarction, particularly …

A serious adverse event after successful gene therapy for X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency

S Hacein-Bey-Abina, C Von Kalle… - New England journal …, 2003 - Mass Medical Soc
To the Editor: We recently reported (April 18 issue) 1 the sustained correction of X-linked
severe combined immunodeficiency disease by ex vivo, retrovirally mediated transfer of the …