Authors: Kristian, Thygesen, Joseph S, Alpert, Harvey D, White, Allan S, Jaffe, Fred S, Apple, Marcello, Galvani, Hugo A, Katus, L Kristin, Newby, Jan, Ravkilde, Bernard, Chaitman, Peter M, Clemmensen, Mikael, Dellborg, Hanoch, Hod, Pekka, Porela, Richard, Underwood, Jeroen J, Bax, George A, Beller, Robert, Bonow, Ernst E, Van der Wall, Jean-Pierre, Bassand, William, Wijns, T Bruce, Ferguson, Philippe G, Steg, Barry F, Uretsky, David O, Williams, Paul W, Armstrong, Elliott M, Antman, Keith A, Fox, Christian W, Hamm, E Magnus, Ohman, Maarten L, Simoons, Philip A, Poole-Wilson, Enrique P, Gurfinkel, José-Luis, Lopez-Sendon, Prem, Pais, Shanti, Mendis, Jun-Ren, Zhu, Lars C, Wallentin, Francisco, Fernández-Avilés, Kim M, Alexander N, Parkhomenko, Silvia G, Priori, Michal, Tendera, Liisa-Maria, Voipio-Pulkki, Alec, Vahanian, A John, Camm, Raffaele, De Caterina, Veronica, Dean, Kenneth, Dickstein, Gerasimos, Filippatos, Christian, Funck-Brentano, Irene, Hellemans, Steen Dalby, Kristensen, Keith, McGregor, Udo, Sechtem, Sigmund, Silber, Petr, Widimsky, José Luis, Zamorano, Joao, Morais, Sorin, Brener, Harrington, David, Morrow, Michael, Lim, Marco A, Martinez-Rios, Steve, Steinhubl, Glen N, Levine, W Brian, Gibler, Goff, Marco, Tubaro, Darek, Dudek, Nawwar, Al-Attar
Venue: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Type: Publication
Abstract: Myocardial infarction is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Coronary atherosclerosis is a chronic disease with stable and unstable periods. During unstable periods with activated inflammation in the vascular wall, patients may develop a myocardial infarction. Myocardial infarction may be a minor event in a lifelong chronic disease, it may even go undetected, but it may also be a major catastrophic event leading to sudden death or severe hemodynamic deterioration. A myocardial infarction may be the first manifestation of coronary a...
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Topics: 
Cardiology
Internal medicine
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