Lena Marie Seegers, Doreen DeFaria Yeh, Taishi Yonetsu, Tomoyo Sugiyama, Yoshiyasu Minami, Tsunenari Soeda, Makoto Araki, Akihiro Nakajima, Haruhito Yuki, Daisuke Kinoshita, Keishi Suzuki, Takayuki Niida, Hang Lee, Iris McNulty, Sunao Nakamura, Tsunekazu Kakuta, Valentin Fuster, Ik-Kyung Jang
BACKGROUND: Layered plaque, a signature of previous plaque disruption, is a known predictor of rapid plaque progression. Layered plaque can be identified in vivo by optical coherence tomography. Studies have reported differences in plaque burden between women and men, but sex differences in the pattern of layered plaque are unknown. METHODS: Preintervention optical coherence tomography images of 533 patients with chronic coronary syndromes were analyzed. Detailed plaque characteristics of layered and nonlayered plaques of the target lesion were compared between men and women...
July 28, 2023: Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging