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Ischemic heart disease is the major cause of death in the United States (1). Majority opinion holds that the underlying cause is obstruction of the coronary artery lumen by an atherosclerotic lesion with or without a superimposed thrombus (2). In coronary arteries, atherosclerotic lesions predominate at the bifurcation of the main stem of the left coronary artery and in the anterior descending branch just beyond (3,4). Stenosis by atherosclerotic plaques (5) and occlusion by plaques or thrombi (6–8) occur most frequently in the same areas.
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Stary, H.C., Strong, J.P. (1976). The Fine Structure of Nonatherosclerotic Intimal Thickening, of Developing, and of Regressing Atherosclerotic Lesions at the Bifurcation of the Left Coronary Artery. In: Day, C.E. (eds) Atherosclerosis Drug Discovery. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 67. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4618-7_5
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