From: DailyQuestion@...
Date: April 11, 2009 7:12:11 AM EDT
To: glennskow@...
Subject: EMedHome Question of the Day

The EMedHome Question of the Day is:

In non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome,  the thrombus that occurs following plaque rupture is usually only partially occlusive.  How, then, does ischemia and infarction occur?

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The Answer is:

In NSTE ACS, this thrombus is usually only partially occlusive but may cause intermittent downstream myocardial ischemia or downstream microvascular infarction due to microemboli (JEM, 2/09, pg. 162).


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