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coronary artery thrombosis
Etiology:
- coronary artery disease
- vasculitis
- coronary artery aneurysm
- Kawasaki disease in children & young adults
- coronary stent
Complications:
- atherosclerotic plaque rupture leads to coronary artery thrombosis resulting in myocardial infarction & sudden cardiac death
- coronary artery aneurysm can also lead to coronary artery thrombosis
Specific
acute coronary syndrome; unstable angina (ACS)
myocardial infarction (MI); heart attack
General
coronary artery occlusion
arterial thrombosis
References
- Finn AV et al
Concept of vulnerable/unstable plaque.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2010 Jul;30(7):1282-92.
PMID: 20554950
- Holmes DR et al
Stent thrombosis.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Oct 19;56(17):1357-65.
PMID: 20946992