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To re-evaluate the causal relationship between coronary artery thrombosis and myocardial necrosis in acute myocardial infarction.

The Pathology of Acute Myocardial Infarction

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To re-evaluate the causal relationship between coronary artery thrombosis and myocardial necrosis in acute myocardial infarction.
Conducted systematic histologic analyses of the major coronary arteries in consecutive deceased patients.
Assessed coronary thrombus presence according to whether patient death was instantaneous or delayed.
Histologic findings indicate that coronary thrombi are more often a consequence of acute myocardial infarction rather than its primary cause.
Coronary thrombi occur at a substantially higher frequency in patients who survive the initial onset rather than those dying instantaneously.

Population

Consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing systematic histologic study of the major coronary arteries

Outcome

Relationship of coronary thrombosis to myocardial necrosissurrogate

This histologic study suggested that coronary thrombosis may be a consequence rather than the primary cause of acute myocardial infarction.

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Challenges thrombosis as the primary cause of many AMIs; hypothesis-generating for plaque rupture mechanisms and requires prospective validation.

William C. Roberts (1971) studied this question.

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Challenges thrombosis as the primary cause of many AMIs; hypothesis-generating for plaque rupture mechanisms and requires prospective validation.