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Plaque erosion and acute coronary syndromes: phenotype, molecular characteristics and future directions.
Nature reviews. Cardiology - 1 Oct 2021
Fahed Akl C, Jang Ik-Kyung
Abstract excerpt
Although acute coronary syndromes (ACS) remain one of the leading causes of death, the clinical presentation has changed over the past three decades with a decline in the incidence of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and an increase in non-STEMI. This epidemiological shift is at least partially explained by changes in plaque biology as a result of the widespread use of statins. Historically,...
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