Short excerpt from a YouTube video (creator: Aaron Hartman, MD) explaining the difference between plaque rupture and plaque erosion. The speaker contrasts rupture with erosion, noting that plaque erosion may not protrude into the lumen or be lipid-rich but sits close to and damages the endothelium, exposing the coagulation system to underlying plaque surfaces.
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