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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

  1. Finn AV et al Concept of vulnerable/unstable plaque. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2010 Jul;30(7):1282-92. PMID: 20554950
  2. Holmes DR et al Stent thrombosis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Oct 19;56(17):1357-65. PMID: 20946992