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Age- and gender-related changes in plaque composition in patients with acute coronary syndrome: the PROSPECT study

EuroIntervention 2012;8:929-938. DOI: 10.4244/EIJV8I8A142

Juan Ruiz-García1,2, MD; Amir Lerman1*, MD; Giora Weisz3, MD; Akiko Maehara3, MD; Gary S. Mintz3, MD; Martin Fahy3, MSc; Ke Xu3, PhD; Alexandra J. Lansky4, MD; Ecaterina Cristea3, MD; Tony G. Farah5, MD; Rui Teles6, MD; Hans Erik Botker7, MD; Barry Templin8, MBA; Zhen Zhang8, PhD; Bernard de Bruyne9, MD; Patrick W. Serruys10, MD, PhD; Gregg W. Stone3, MD

1. Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; 2. Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain; 3. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cardiovascular Re

Aims: Atherosclerosis accelerates with increasing age; however, young women presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) have adverse

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