Aims Atherosclerotic plaque characteristics play an important role in the development of
coronary events. We investigated coronary plaque characteristics on multi-slice computed …

Objectives: We sought to characterize noncalcified coronary atherosclerotic plaques in
culprit and remote coronary atherosclerotic lesions in patients with acute coronary syndrome …

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of acute coronary artery disease in survivors of out-of-hospital
cardiac arrest (OHCA) is difficult. The role of emergency coronary angiography and …

However, there is also evidence that the lesions causing clinical events are focal.
Interventional cardiologists generally find that a single location is responsible for an acute …

Background—Multiple complex stenoses, plaque fissures, and widespread coronary
inflammation are common in acute coronary syndromes. A systemic cause of atherosclerotic …

Postresuscitation electrocardiogram (ECG) in patients with aborted cardiac death may
demonstrate ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), ST-T changes, intraventricular …

The response to arterial wall injury is an inflammatory process, which over time becomes
integral to the development of atherosclerosis and subsequent plaque instability. However …

Background A 'thin'fibrous cap atheroma is the typical morphological characteristic of
vulnerable plaque. Yet the very pathological studies that have provided these descriptions …

Following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), heightened predisposition to
atherothrombotic events may persist for years. Advances in understanding the pathobiology …

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