Optical Coherence Tomographic Features of Pancoronary Plaques in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Caused by Layered Plaque Rupture Versus Layered Plaque Erosion

This study aimed to investigate pancoronary plaque features of layered plaque rupture (LPR) and layered plaque erosion (LPE) in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Among 388 patients with acute myocardial infarction who underwent preintervention optical coherence tomography imaging of three coronary arteries, 190 patients with layered culprit plaque (49.0%) were identified and further divided into 2 groups: LPR group and LPE group.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - January 3, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yanwei Yin, Chao Fang, Senqing Jiang, Jifei Wang, Yidan Wang, Junchen Guo, Fangmeng Lei, Sibo Sun, Xueying Pei, Ruyi Jia, Caiying Tang, Shaotao Zhang, Lulu Li, Yini Wang, Huai Yu, Jiannan Dai, Bo Yu Source Type: research