CoNrBNrs Introduction. The Fibrous Habit. . . . . . Fibrous Quartz a Rare Phenomenon?. . . .. . Significance of Fibrous Quartz Veins in Virginia. The Virginia Deposits. Distribution, Size and Character of the Veins. Nature of the Wallrocks. Replacement Origin of the Original Asbestos Veins. . Character of the Pseudomorphous Qtaftz. Evidences of Secondary Introduction and Replacement origin of t...

BACKGROUND Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, complicated by acute thrombosis, is the usual cause of sudden death in adults. This study addresses the pathology of coronary arteries in sudden death in the young (< or = 35 years old). METHODS AND RESULTS Among 200 consecutive cases of sudden death in youth in the Veneto region of Italy, 37 (33 men and 4 women, age 18 to 35 years; mean, 29...

All segments of clinically significant stenosis in the coronary arteries of 54 men with stable angina were categorised according to the position of the plaques (eccentric or concentric) and the presence or absence of a pool of extracellular lipid. In the group as a whole, stenosis of greater than 50% by diameter was caused by concentric fibrous plaques in 48% of lesions, by concentric lipid pla...

BACKGROUND Positive arterial remodeling and thin fibrous cap are characteristics of rupture-prone or vulnerable plaque. The natural course of the fibrous cap thickness and the relationship between serial arterial remodeling and changes in fibrous cap thickness are unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between changes in fibrous cap thickness and arterial...