European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care
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Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care · Feb 2015
Multicenter StudyMicroparticles and sudden cardiac death due to coronary occlusion. The TIDE (Thrombus and Inflammation in sudden DEath) study.
The pattern of coronary occlusion might contribute to the onset of ventricular arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death (SCD). We hypothesized that the concentrations of microparticles might differ between SCD and ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients without rhythmic disturbances. ⋯ The higher concentrations of endothelial-derived microparticles in SCD due to acute coronary occlusion compared with STEMI without rhythmic disturbances suggests different patterns of acute coronary occlusion.