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Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease remains one of the leading causes of death in western civilization. The severity of coronary atherosclerosis however found in patients who die suddenly shows a remarkable variability suggesting that other factors superimposed on a variable degree of atherosclerosis may substantially contribute to sudden death [1]. Acute myocardial ischaemia is by itself responsible for the fatal event, whereas the anatomic lesions of the coronary arteries may only favour or predispose the development of such ischaemia [2].
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Nihoyannopoulos, P. (1991). Echocardiography in the diagnosis and assessment of occult coronary artery disease. In: Salmasi, AM., Nicolaides, A.N. (eds) Occult Atherosclerotic Disease. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 123. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3404-0_10
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