Affiliations 

  • 1 Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Tenteram, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
Med J Malaysia, 1998 Mar;53(1):117-23; quiz 124.
PMID: 10968152

Abstract

New knowledge on the pathogenesis of the acute coronary syndromes provides the clinician with a better understanding of these important, often life-threatening, events and opens up new ways of managing them. The identification of the vulnerable plaque whilst important and possible pathologically still requires elaborate and often invasive methods. The central role of inflammation and the platelets in these syndromes has already been translated into practical therapeutics. Identifying and predicting which plaque would rupture and thereby facilitating the formation of an acute obstructive thrombus continue as major challenges to the clinician, but, in the meantime, regressing and stabilising these plaques are achievable goals.

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