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In young adults experiencing sudden unexpected cardiac death, coronary thrombus formation often begins days to weeks before the acute fatal event, indicating prolonged prior plaque instability. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

September 15, 2002European Heart JournalOpen Access

Sudden unexpected death in young adults. Discrepancies between initiation of acute plaque complications and the onset of acute coronary death

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11 young adults who died within 1 hour after onset of symptoms and presented with a coronary thrombotic…

Design

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Authors

RGRosa GouveiaUniversidade da Madeira

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Implication

Suggests prodromal thrombosis in young sudden coronary deaths; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

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Population

11 young adults (≤ 35 years) who died within 1 hour after onset of symptoms and presented with a coronary thrombotic occlusion

Outcome

Type of underlying plaque complication and the time of onset of thrombus formationsurrogate

In young adults experiencing sudden unexpected cardiac death due to coronary thrombosis, plaque instability and thrombus formation often begin days to weeks before the fatal event.

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Rosa Gouveia (2002) studied this question.

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Coronary artery disease Coronary CT angiography

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Sudden unexpected death in young adults. Discrepancies between initiation of acute plaque complications and the onset of acute coronary death

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Sudden unexpected death in young adults. Discrepancies between initiation of acute plaque complications and the onset of acute coronary death

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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