Role of Low Endothelial Shear Stress and Plaque Characteristics in the Prediction of Nonculprit Major Adverse Cardiac Events: The PROSPECT Study

Conclusions
Local low ESS provides incremental risk stratification of untreated coronary lesions in high-risk patients, beyond measures of PB, MLA, and morphology.

Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging - March 5, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Stone, P. H., Maehara, A., Coskun, A. U., Maynard, C. C., Zaromytidou, M., Siasos, G., Andreou, I., Fotiadis, D., Stefanou, K., Papafaklis, M., Michalis, L., Lansky, A. J., Mintz, G. S., Serruys, P. W., Feldman, C. L., Stone, G. W. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research