Table 1.

Main determinants of Fibroatheroma rupture risk

Reference	Fibroatheroma Feature	Type of Feature
Born and Richardson (1989)	Cap elastic modulus & Abundant macrophages	Elastic properties
Virmani et al., (2003)	Cap thickness	Morphology
Finet et al., (2004)	Lipid core composition	Composition
Tang et al., (2004), Akyildis et al.,(2012)	Location and shape lipid pool	Morphology
Vengrenyuk et al., (2006)	Stress concentration due to Microcalcifications in caps	Elastic properties, Morphology, Composition
Ohayon et al., (2007)	Residual stresses	Elastic Properties
Ohayon et al., (2008)	Necrotic core size	Morphology
Hosino et al., (2009)	Proximity of calcification to lipid pool	Morphology, Composition