Longitudinal Distribution of Plaque Burden and Necrotic Core–Rich Plaques in Nonculprit Lesions of Patients Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndromes | Zendy

Joanna J. Wykrzykowska | Zendy; Gary S. Mintz | Zendy; Héctor M. GarcíaGarcía | Zendy; Akiko Maehara | Zendy; Martin Fahy | Zendy; Ke Xu | Zendy; Andres Inguez | Zendy; Jean Fajadet | Zendy; Alexandra J. Lansky | Zendy; Barry Templin | Zendy; Zhen Zhang | Zendy; Bernard De Bruyne | Zendy; Giora Weisz | Zendy; Patrick W. Serruys | Zendy; Gregg W. Stone | Zendy

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Longitudinal Distribution of Plaque Burden and Necrotic Core–Rich Plaques in Nonculprit Lesions of Patients Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndromes

Author(s) -

Joanna J. Wykrzykowska,

Gary S. Mintz,

Héctor M. GarcíaGarcía,

Akiko Maehara,

Martin Fahy,

Ke Xu,

Andres Inguez,

Jean Fajadet,

Alexandra J. Lansky,

Barry Templin,

Zhen Zhang,

Bernard De Bruyne,

Giora Weisz,

Patrick W. Serruys,

Gregg W. Stone

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

jacc. cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79

H-Index - 120

eISSN - 1936-878X

pISSN - 1876-7591

DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.01.006

Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , cardiology , intravascular ultrasound , myocardial infarction , coronary arteries , artery , percutaneous coronary intervention , acute coronary syndrome , vulnerable plaque , target lesion , radiology

In this substudy of the PROSPECT (Providing Regional Observations to Study Predictors of Events in the Coronary Tree) study, we examined the longitudinal distribution of atherosclerotic plaque burden, virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) characterized necrotic core (NC) content and VH-thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) distribution in nonculprit lesions of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes.

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