Plaque Character and Progression According to the Location of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-28-2021
Publication Title
American Journal of Cardiology
Abstract
Although acute coronary syndrome culprit lesions occur more frequently in the proximal coronary artery, whether the proximal clustering of high-risk plaque is reflected in earlier-stage atherosclerosis remains unclarified. We evaluated the longitudinal distribution of stable atherosclerotic lesions on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) in 1,478 patients (mean age, 61 years; men, 58%) enrolled from a prospective multinational registry of consecutive patients undergoing serial CCTA. Of 3,202 coronary artery lesions identified, 2,140 left lesions were classified (based on the minimal lumen diameter location) into left main (LM, n = 128), proximal (n = 739), and other (n = 1,273), and 1,062 right lesions were classified into proximal (n = 355) and other (n = 707). Plaque volume (PV) was the highest in proximal lesions (median, 26.1 mm
Volume
Online ahead of print
Recommended Citation
Bax AM, Yoon YE, Gianni U, Ma X, Lu Y, Lee BC, Goebel B, Han D, Lee SE, Sung JM, Andreini D, Al-Mallah MH, Budoff MJ, Cademartiri F, Chinnaiyan K, Choi JH, Chun EJ, Conte E, Gottlieb I, Hadamitzky M, Kim YJ, Lee BK, Leipsic JA, Maffei E, Marques H, Gonçalves PA, Pontone G, Shin S, Narula J, Lin FY, Shaw LJ, Chang HJ. Plaque Character and Progression According to the Location of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque. Am J Cardiol. 2021 Aug 28:S0002-9149(21)00729-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.07.040. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34465463.
DOI
10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.07.040
ISSN
1879-1913
PubMed ID
34465463