Jiawei Zhao, Tianyu Wu, Jinfeng Tan, Yuzhu Chen, Xueming Xu, Yibo Guo, Chengmei Jin, Lili Xiu, Rui Zhao, Sibo Sun, Cong Peng, Shuang Li, Huai Yu, Yanchao Liu, Guo Wei, Lulu Li, Yini Wang, Jingbo Hou, Jiannan Dai, Chao Fang, Bo Yu
BACKGROUND: Non-culprit plaque progression is associated with recurrent cardiac ischemic events and worse clinical outcomes. Given that atherosclerosis is a systemic disease, the pancoronary characteristics of patients with rapid plaque progression are unknown. This study aims to identify pancoronary plaque features in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with and without rapid plaque progression, focused on the patient level. METHODS AND RESULTS: From January 2017 to July 2019, 291 patients underwent 3-vessel optical coherence tomography imaging at the time of the primary procedure and a follow-up angiography interval of 12 months...
January 30, 2024: International Journal of Cardiology