…controllable depth of freeze). A size 15 scalpel or a pumice stone to pare down hyperkeratotic lesions. A cone or an otoscope speculum as a…

…exacerbating myocardial injury. Clinical Presentation and Symptoms In up to one half of STEMI cases, a precipitating factor such as vigorous physical exercise, emotional stress…

…rupture Plaques prone to rupture characteristically contain a large lipid pool, numerous macrophages or foam cells, and a thin fibrous cap. Disruption of the cap…

…a process known as atherothrombosis [2] . Atherothrombosis represents the acute, life threatening complication of coronary atherosclerosis. The transition from a quiescent plaque to a highly…

…presence of these features does not imply inevitable clinical disruption. Fewer than 5% of thin capped fibroatheromas have been identified as the source of an…

…and necrotic components. Virtual histology IVUS has also been used to identify thin cap fibroatheroma, a plaque phenotype associated with subsequent major adverse cardiovascular events…

…by the gradual accumulation of inert cholesterol debris, modern vascular biology has redefined atherosclerosis as a dynamic, immune mediated fibroproliferative response to endothelial injury [2…