Coronary Atherosclerosis and Interventional Cardiology.

Autor: Peña-Duque MA; Interventional Cardiology Department, National Institute of Cardiology, Ignacio Chávez, Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: marcopduque@gmail.com., Romero-Ibarra JL; Interventional Cardiology Department, National Institute of Cardiology, Ignacio Chávez, Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico., Gaxiola-Macías MB; Interventional Cardiology Department, National Institute of Cardiology, Ignacio Chávez, Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico., Arias-Sánchez EA; Interventional Cardiology Department, National Institute of Cardiology, Ignacio Chávez, Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of medical research [Arch Med Res] 2015 Jul; Vol. 46 (5), pp. 372-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jun 24.
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2015.06.005
Abstrakt: The atherosclerotic process in coronary arteries begins with endothelial dysfunction and may provoke thrombotic total occlusion and myocardial infarction. In this state-of-the-art review, we discuss recent evidence of atheroslerosis, vulnerable plaque, and hemodynamic changes in the coronary tree, as well as the current techniques we implement in the catheterization lab to evaluate coronary stenosis. It is clear that atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory condition with several consequences in the coronary tree, however, we are able now to characterize the plaque and to select the appropriate treatment for many patients.
(Copyright © 2015 IMSS. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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