Silent plaque rupture acts as a form of wound healing that increases percent stenosis and is frequently found in men experiencing sudden coronary death.
Silent plaque rupture may promote stenosis progression in severe coronary atherosclerosis; leaves open causal role in sudden death pending prospective studies.
These data provide evidence that silent plaque rupture is a form of wound healing that results in increased percent stenosis. Healed ruptures occur in arteries with less cross-sectional area luminal narrowing than acute ruptures and are a frequent finding in men who die suddenly with severe coronary atherosclerosis.
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