The clinical significance of echo-attenuated plaque in stable angina pectoris compared with acute coronary syndromes: A combined intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography study
Echo-attenuated plaque (EA) on intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is related to poor outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. However, the clinical significance of EA in stable angina pectoris (SAP) patients compared with that in ACS patients re...
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Veröffentlicht in: | International journal of cardiology 2018-11, Vol.270, p.1-6 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Echo-attenuated plaque (EA) on intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is related to poor outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. However, the clinical significance of EA in stable angina pectoris (SAP) patients compared with that in ACS patients remains unclear. We assessed the relationships between EA and unstable plaque characteristics in patients with ACS and SAP.
We investigated 609 coronary lesions in 609 patients (234 with ACS; 375 with SAP) undergoing pre-intervention IVUS and optical coherence tomography (OCT). The differences in plaque morphology and post-PCI outcomes were assessed according to the clinical status of ACS or SAP and the presence or absence of EA.
EA was more frequent in patients with ACS than in those with SAP (44.0% vs. 25.1%, p |
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ISSN: | 0167-5273 1874-1754 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.05.117 |