Does spotty calcification attenuate the response of nonculprit plaque to statin therapy?: A serial optical coherence tomography study

ConclusionsStatin therapy was effective for plaque stabilization in plaques with and without spotty calcification. Patients with spotty calcification benefitted more from intensive statin than from moderate statin therapy.

Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - January 23, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Abigail Afolabi, Irina Mustafina, Linlin Zhao, Lulu Li, Rong Sun, Sining Hu, Shaosong Zhang, Haibo Jia, Guagliumi Guilio, Bo Yu Tags: CAD ‐ CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Source Type: research