2020
Shear Stress Estimated by Quantitative Coronary Angiography Predicts Plaques Prone to Progress and Cause Events
Bourantas CV, Zanchin T, Torii R, Serruys PW, Karagiannis A, Ramasamy A, Safi H, Coskun AU, Koning G, Onuma Y, Zanchin C, Krams R, Mathur A, Baumbach A, Mintz G, Windecker S, Lansky A, Maehara A, Stone PH, Raber L, Stone GW. Shear Stress Estimated by Quantitative Coronary Angiography Predicts Plaques Prone to Progress and Cause Events. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2020, 13: 2206-2219. PMID: 32417338, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.02.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh endothelial shear stressEndothelial shear stressLipid-rich plaquesPlaque burdenCardiovascular eventsPlaque characteristicsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsSmaller minimum lumen areaLow endothelial shear stressHigh-risk anatomyAdverse cardiovascular eventsUseful prognostic informationQuantitative coronary angiographyMinimum lumen areaPrediction of lesionsLipid-rich lesionsESS valuesCoronary angiographyIndependent predictorsMultivariable analysisHemodynamic variablesPrognostic valueVH-IVUSHemodynamic indicesPrognostic information
2019
P869Predictive value of the endothelial shear stress distribution in three-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography models in detecting vulnerable plaques
Zanchin T, Bourantas C, Torii R, Serruys P, Karagiannis A, Ramasamy A, Onuma Y, Mathur A, Baumbach A, Windecker S, Lansky A, Maehara A, Stone P, Raeber L, Stone G. P869Predictive value of the endothelial shear stress distribution in three-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography models in detecting vulnerable plaques. European Heart Journal 2019, 40: ehz747.0466. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh endothelial shear stressEndothelial shear stressLow endothelial shear stressQuantitative coronary angiographyMinimum lumen areaPd/PaVulnerable plaquesPlaque burdenSmaller minimum lumen areaMajor adverse cardiac eventsLarge-scale prospective studiesBaseline plaque characteristicsHigh-risk anatomyAdverse cardiac eventsNon-culprit lesionsOnly independent predictorUseful prognostic informationHigh-risk plaquesESS valuesNC-MACECardiac eventsCoronary atherosclerosisCoronary angiographyIndependent predictorsMultivariable analysis