Natural Course of Lipid-rich Plaques Assessed with Combination of Intra-vascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography
Background Identification of coronary lesions with morphological characteristic of "rupture-prone plaques" is not sufficient. We examined the natural history of non-culprit lipid-rich plaques in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
Methods Fifty patients with ACS who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were enrolled. We retrospectively assessed the extent of residual non-culprit lipid-rich plaques and these fibrous cap thickness (FCT) by use of intra-vascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT), respectively, at baseline and after 9-months.
Results During 9 months follow-up periods, the change in percent area volume (PAV) was 0.42±0.6% and the change in FCT was ...
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