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- Title
Superficial Calcified Plates Associated to Plaque Erosions in Acute Coronary Syndromes.
- Authors
Onea, Horea-Laurentiu; Spinu, Mihail; Homorodean, Calin; Ober, Mihai Claudiu; Olinic, Maria; Lazar, Florin-Leontin; Achim, Alexandru; Tataru, Dan Alexandru; Olinic, Dan Mircea
- Abstract
This study investigates the clinical relevance and therapeutic implications of the OCT identification of intracoronary superficial calcified plates (SCPs) in acute coronary syndromes (ACSs). In 70 consecutive ACS patients (pts), we studied the three main underlying ACS mechanisms: plaque erosion (PE), plaque rupture and eruptive calcified nodule (CN). The PE lesions, occurring on an intact fibrous cap overlying a heterogeneous substrate, were identified in 12/70 pts (17.1%). PE on superficial calcified plates (PE-SCP) represented 58.3% of the PE lesions (7/12 pts) and had a 10% overall incidence in the culprit lesions (7/70 pts). PE-SCP lesions occurred mostly on the left anterior descending artery, correlated with white thrombi (85.7%) and had a proximal intraplaque site (71.4%). PE-SCP lesions were treated conservatively, as nonsignificant lesions, in 4/7 pts. Our study emphasizes that the coronary calcium-related ACS risk is not only associated with the spotty calcifications or CN but also with the PE-SCP lesions.
- Subjects
ACUTE coronary syndrome; ATHEROSCLEROTIC plaque; EROSION; OPTICAL coherence tomography
- Publication
Life (2075-1729), 2023, Vol 13, Issue 8, p1732
- ISSN
2075-1729
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/life13081732