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Erling Falk

Researcher at Aarhus University Hospital

Publications -  211
Citations -  29601

Erling Falk is an academic researcher from Aarhus University Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vulnerable plaque & Myocardial infarction. The author has an hindex of 65, co-authored 211 publications receiving 27683 citations. Previous affiliations of Erling Falk include Harvard University & Aalborg University.

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Coronary Plaque Disruption

TL;DR: This review will explore potential mechanisms responsible for the sudden conversion of a stable atherosclerotic plaque to an unstable and life-threatening atherothrombotic lesion—an event known as plaque fissuring, rupture, or disruption.
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From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II.

Morteza Naghavi, +63 more
- 07 Oct 2003 - 
TL;DR: The term "vulnerable patient" may be more appropriate and is proposed now for the identification of subjects with high likelihood of developing cardiac events in the near future and a quantitative method for cumulative risk assessment of vulnerable patients needs to be developed.
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Mechanisms of Plaque Formation and Rupture

TL;DR: Mechanisms of atherosclerotic plaque initiation and progression; how plaques suddenly precipitate life-threatening thrombi; and the concepts of plaque burden, activity, and vulnerability are discussed.