2009-04-01
In Vivo Assessment of High-Risk Coronary Plaques at Bifurcations With Combined Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography
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JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging , Volume 2 - Issue 4 p. 473- 482
Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the in vivo frequency and distribution of high-risk plaques (i.e., necrotic core rich) at bifurcations using a combined plaque assessment with intravascular ultrasound-virtual histology (IVUS-VH) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Background: Pathological examinations have shown that atherosclerotic plaque rich in necrotic core is prone to develop at bifurcations. High-risk plaque detection could be improved by the combined use of a technique able to detect necrotic core (IVUS-VH) and a high-resolution technique that allows the measurement of the fibrous cap thickness (OCT). Methods: From 30 patients imaged with IVUS-VH and OCT, 103 bifurcations were selected. The main branch was analyzed at the proximal rim of the ostium of the side branch, at the in-bifurcation segment and at the distal rim of the ostium of the side branch. Plaques with more than 10% confluent necrotic core by IVUS-VH were selected and classified as fibroatheroma (FA) or thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) depending on the thickness of the fibrous cap by OCT (>65 or ≤65 μm for FA and TCFA, respectively). Results: Twenty-seven FA (26.2%) and 18 TCFA (17.4%) were found out of the 103 lesions studied. Overall the percentage of necrotic core decreases from proximal to distal rim (16.8% vs. 13.5% respectively, p = 0.01), whereas the cap thickness showed an inverse tendency (130 ± 105 μm vs. 151 ± 68 μm for proximal and distal rim, respectively, p = 0.05). The thin caps were more often located in the proximal rim (15 of 34, 44.1%), followed by the in-bifurcation segment (14 of 34, 41.2%), and were less frequent in the distal rim (5 of 34, 14.7%). Conclusions: The proximal rim of the ostium of the side branch has been identified as a region more likely to contain thin fibrous cap and a greater proportion of necrotic core.
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| doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.11.016, hdl.handle.net/1765/24417 | |
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| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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Gonzalo, N., Garcia-Garcia, H., Regar, E., Barlis, P., Wentzel, J., Onuma, Y., … Serruys, P. (2009). In Vivo Assessment of High-Risk Coronary Plaques at Bifurcations With Combined Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2(4), 473–482. doi:10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.11.016 |
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