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. 1997 Apr 15;79(8):1106-9.
doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00056-8.

Angioscopic assessment of coronary lesions underlying thrombus

S Waxman  1 , M A Mittleman, S W Zarich, P J Fitzpatrick, S M Lewis, D E Leeman, S J Shubrooks Jr, J T Snyder, J E Muller, R W Nesto
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Angioscopic assessment of coronary lesions underlying thrombus

S Waxman et al. Am J Cardiol. .

Abstract

This study examines the characteristics of coronary lesions in which thrombus is found as assessed by angioscopy before percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in patients with various coronary syndromes. Our findings demonstrate that the plaque underlying intracoronary thrombus is usually yellow and/or disrupted, and support in vitro observations that lipid-rich plaques are highly thrombogenic and that disruption of these plaques is associated with in situ thrombosis.

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