Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:The mechanisms by which intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) contributes to large-vessel occlusion strokes (LVOS) remains unclear. Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP260-AWP260, February 1, 2025. Among patients with lower fibrinogen levels (< 3.2g/L),

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

MINOCA may be due to: coronary spasm, coronary microvascular dysfunction, plaque disruption, spontaneous coronary thrombosis/emboli , and coronary dissection; myocardial disorders, including myocarditis, takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and other cardiomyopathies. See "Mechanisms of acute coronary syndromes related to atherosclerosis".)

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Background Kounis syndrome is an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) caused by allergic reactions, including coronary artery spasm (type I) caused by allergies without coronary predisposing factors, pre-existing coronary atherosclerosis, and coronary artery disease.

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DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2024

1,6 Until recently atherosclerosis has been thought of as the result of passive lipid accumulation in the vessel wall. However, the development of atherosclerosis is now known to be much more complex, with a key role for immune cells and inflammation in conjunction with hyperlipidemia and elevated LDL levels.7

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Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Atherosclerosis is an insidious and progressive inflammatory disease characterized by the formation of lipid-laden plaques within the intima of arterial walls with potentially devastating consequences. However, despite a heterogenous substrate underlying coronary thrombosis, treatment remains identical.

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Heart 2023 Conference

APRIL 20, 2022

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology) A role for hemoglobin in atherosclerosis is supported by a study that used serial coronary CT angiography to demonstrate an association between persistently low serum hemoglobin levels and greater changes in coronary plaque volume.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

MINOCA may be due to: coronary spasm, coronary microvascular dysfunction, plaque disruption, spontaneous coronary thrombosis/emboli , and coronary dissection. link] We know that most type 1 acute MI due to plaque rupture and thrombosis occurs in lesions that are less than 50% (see Libby reference).

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

AUGUST 23, 2024

The Dyslipidemia/Atherosclerosis/Thrombosis track will feature sessions on dyslipidemia and LDL cholesterol, including: LDL Lowering Therapy Beyond Statins Supported by an educational grant from Esperion Therapeutics.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

CT angiography (CTA) of the head and neck demonstrated a nearly occlusive thrombus of the distal right M2 segment MCA as well as non‐hemodynamic stenosis of the proximal right ICA with possible underlying sidewall filling defect‐appearing lesion concerning for a posterior wall thrombus without underlying atherosclerosis at the bulb or otherwise.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 19, 2020

Nonobstructive coronary disease by coronary angiography should be differentiated between patients with normal coronary arteries and minimal luminal irregularities (less than 30% stenosis) and mild to moderate coronary atherosclerosis (30% to less than 50%). FFR can be useful.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 21, 2024

In men, low WBC counts, high monocyte-to-WBC ratio, low basophil-to-WBC ratio, and high LDL-C (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) levels were associated with greater plaque instability (odds ratio, 0.827 [95% CI, 0.713–0.926], 1.158 [95% CI, 1.027–1.305], 0.495 [95% CI, 0.281–0.871], and 1.564 [95% CI, 1.001–2.443], respectively) and more unstable (..)

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