Characteristics and Clinical Significance of Angiographically Mild Lesions in Acute Coronary Syndromes
Brener SJ, Mintz GS, Cristea E, Weisz G, Maehara A, McPherson JA, Marso SP, Farhat N, Botker HE, Dressler O, Xu K, Templin B, Zhang Z, Lansky AJ, de Bruyne B, Serruys PW, Stone GW. Characteristics and Clinical Significance of Angiographically Mild Lesions in Acute Coronary Syndromes. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2012, 5: s86-s94. PMID: 22421235, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.12.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Coronary SyndromeAgedAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryChi-Square DistributionCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary StenosisEuropeFemaleFibrosisHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedNecrosisPlaque, AtheroscleroticPredictive Value of TestsProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRecurrenceRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUltrasonography, InterventionalUnited StatesVascular CalcificationConceptsAcute coronary syndromePercutaneous coronary interventionMajor adverse cardiac eventsAdverse cardiac eventsCoronary syndromeNC lesionsCoronary interventionCardiac eventsDiameter stenosisSuccessful percutaneous coronary interventionMedian diameter stenosisRecurrent ischemic eventsThin-cap fibroatheromaNonculprit lesionsIschemic eventsUntreated lesionsClinical eventsClinical significanceMild lesionsPatientsLesionsNormal segmentsOne-halfSyndromeRecurrent events