On the Shades of Coronary Calcium and Plaque Instability

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Apr 6;77(13):1612-1615. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.02.011.

Authors

Eloisa Arbustini¹, Yuliya Vengrenyuk², Jagat Narula²

Affiliations

¹ Transplant Research Area and Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences and Infectious Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: e.arbustini@smatteo.pv.it.
² Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.

PMID: 33795034
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.02.011

No abstract available

Keywords: acute ischemic syndromes; calcified nodule; coronary tortuosity; shear stress; sudden coronary death.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Calcium*
Coronary Angiography
Humans
Plaque, Atherosclerotic* / diagnostic imaging

Substances

Calcium