Negative Remodeling and Calcified Plaque in Octogenarians With Acute Myocardial Infarction
An Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis
Salah-Eddine Hassani, MD*,
Gary S. Mintz, MD ,
Helen S. Fong, BA*,
Sang-Wook Kim, MD*,
Zhenyi Xue, MS*,
Augusto D. Pichard, MD*,
Lowell F. Satler, MD*,
Kenneth M. Kent, MD, PhD*,
William O. Suddath, MD*,
Ron Waksman, MD* and
Neil J. Weissman, MD*,*
* Cardiovascular Research Institute/Medstar Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York

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Figure 1 Soft plaque and ruptured cavity in a patient <65 years old with acute myocardial infarction. EEM = external elastic membrane.
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Figure 2 Negative remodeling and calcified plaque in an octogenarian with acute myocardial infarction. EEM = external elastic membrane.
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