Intravascular Ultrasonic Evidence for Importance of Plaque Distribution (Eccentric vs Circumferential) in Determining Distensibility of the Left Anterior Descending Artery

Increased expression of matrix metalloproteinases and matrix degrading activity in vulnerable regions of human atherosclerotic plaques.

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INFLUENCE OF PLAQUE CONFIGURATION AND STRESS DISTRIBUTION ON FISSURING OF CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES

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Macrophage infiltration in acute coronary syndromes. Implications for plaque rupture.

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Plaque rupture with severe pre-existing stenosis precipitating coronary thrombosis. Characteristics of coronary atherosclerotic plaques underlying fatal occlusive thrombi.

Erling Falk · Heart · 1983 · 1K citations · Full text

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Human monocyte-derived macrophages induce collagen breakdown in fibrous caps of atherosclerotic plaques. Potential role of matrix-degrading metalloproteinases and implications for plaque rupture.

Prediman K. Shah, Edmund Falk, Juan J. Badimón et al. · PubMed · 1995 · 722 citations

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