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Table 1.

Pathology studies of plaque erosion and patient clinical characteristics (adapted from White et al.¹⁴)

Study	Number of cases	Female	Average age (years)	Rupture (%)	Erosion (%)
van der Wal et al.⁵	20 thrombus	n/r	63	60	40
Farb et al.⁶	96 SCD/50 thrombus	32%	Rupture: 53	56	44
Farb et al.⁶	96 SCD/50 thrombus	32%	Erosion: 44	56	44
Burke et al.²²	113 SCD/59 thrombus	0%	50	69	31
Burke et al.²³	51 SCD/26 thrombus	100%	Rupture: 58	31	69
Burke et al.²³	51 SCD/26 thrombus	100%	Erosion: 45	31	69
Arbustini et al.⁷	298 MI/291 thrombus	37%	Rupture: 68	75	25
Arbustini et al.⁷	298 MI/291 thrombus	37%	Erosion: 70	75	25
Kolodgie et al.¹¹	49 culprit plaques	0% (Rupture)	Rupture: 46	22	41
		45% (Erosion)	Erosion: 41
		28% (Stable)	Stable: 47
Burke et al.²⁴	457 SCD/224 thrombus	n/r	n/r	69	31
Sato et al.¹²	31 MI/23 thrombus	13%	Rupture: 70	78	22
Sato et al.¹²	31 MI/23 thrombus	13%	Erosion: 68	78	22
Schwartz et al.¹³	44 SCD	14%	51	57	43
Kramer et al.²⁵	345 SCD/181 thrombus	11% (Rupture)	Rupture: 52	71	29
Kramer et al.²⁵	345 SCD/181 thrombus	26% (Erosion)	Erosion: 43	71	29
Tavora et al.²⁶	314 SCD/170 thrombus	19%	≈50	70	30

MI, myocardial infarction; n/r, not reported; SCD, sudden cardiac death.