Research Article

Morphologic Characteristic of Coronary Artery Disease, with Emphasis on Thromboses, in Patients Younger Than 40 Years of Age

Table 4

(a) Rate of healing, erosions versus ruptures. Focal thrombus organization.

Acute Erosions17Myocardial necrosis,

No organization 1 (microscopic necrosis)
Early organization 3 (microscopic necrosis)
Late organization 0
Acute Ruptures
No organization 1 (microscopic)
1 (acute subendocardial infarction)
Early organization 1 (microscopic)
Late organization 1 (microscopic)

(b) Quantitative data.

ErosionsRuptures value, erosions versus ruptures

Macrophages/mm2
Lymphocytes/mm2