Minimal extra-cardiac atherosclerosis present in young people with sudden cardiac death due to coronary artery disease
Fewer than one in five people aged 1-50 years experiencing SCD from a coronary cause exhibited extra-coronary plaque, suggesting that in young people, severe atherosclerosis is not necessarily a concurrent systemic disease. This may limit the utility of screening for carotid or aortic plaque to predict coronary atherosclerosis on an individual level. Individuals with extra-coronary plaque were older with more established coronary disease.
Authors
- Ziad Nehme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2432-1645)
- André La Gerche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3906-3784)
- Elizabeth Davida Paratz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2122-9889)
- Dion Stub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8686-2709)
- L. Fahy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5485-4621)
- Andreas Pflaumer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3830-3643)
Institutions
- Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (AU)
- Parks Victoria (AU)
- The Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Ambulance Victoria (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- St Vincents Institute of Medical Research (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf615
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.36