Why the study?
Does exertion at the onset of ACS associate with different ruptured plaque morphology compared to rest in patients with ACS?
Population
43 consecutive patients with acute coronary syndrome who underwent optical coherence tomography and…
Comparison
Exertion at the onset of ACS vs Rest at the onset of ACS
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Exertion-linked ACS ruptures show thicker shoulder caps; hypothesis-generating for activity-specific vulnerability, needs prospective validation.
Does exertion at the onset of ACS associate with different ruptured plaque morphology compared to rest in patients with ACS?
Exertion-triggered plaque ruptures in ACS patients occur more frequently at the plaque shoulder and involve thicker fibrous caps compared to rest-onset ruptures.
Tanaka et al. (2008) studied this question.
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