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 informationPredictive value of the QFR in detecting vulnerable plaques in non-flow limiting lesions: a combined analysis of the PROSPECT and IBIS-4 study
Safi H, Bourantas CV, Ramasamy A, Zanchin T, Bär S, Tufaro V, Jin C, Torii R, Karagiannis A, Reiber JHC, Mathur A, Onuma Y, Windecker S, Lansky A, Maehara A, Serruys PW, Stone P, Baumbach A, Stone GW, Räber L. Predictive value of the QFR in detecting vulnerable plaques in non-flow limiting lesions: a combined analysis of the PROSPECT and IBIS-4 study. The International Journal Of Cardiovascular Imaging 2020, 36: 993-1002. PMID: 32152810, DOI: 10.1007/s10554-020-01805-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary CirculationCoronary VesselsDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPlaque, AtheroscleroticPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisRadiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-AssistedRetrospective StudiesRupture, SpontaneousSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsUltrasonography, InterventionalConceptsVirtual histology intravascular ultrasoundQuantitative flow ratioMinimum lumen diameterMinimum lumen areaCoronary angiographyPlaque burdenIBIS-4 studyPrognostic informationVulnerable plaquesSmaller minimum lumen areaMajor adverse cardiac eventsVulnerable phenotypeAdverse cardiac eventsGreater plaque burdenPredictors of MACENon-culprit lesionsAdditional prognostic informationSmaller minimum lumen diameterUseful prognostic informationQuantitative coronary angiographyAdditive valueCardiac eventsPlaque characteristicsLesion severityAngiographic data
2005
Combined prognostic utility of ST-segment recovery and myocardial blush after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction
Sorajja P, Gersh BJ, Costantini C, McLaughlin MG, Zimetbaum P, Cox DA, Garcia E, Tcheng JE, Mehran R, Lansky AJ, Kandzari DE, Grines CL, Stone GW. Combined prognostic utility of ST-segment recovery and myocardial blush after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal 2005, 26: 667-674. PMID: 15734768, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionPrimary PCIPercutaneous coronary interventionST-segment recoveryMyocardial blushCoronary interventionMultivariable analysisPrognostic utilityMyocardial infarctionGreater prognostic utilityStrongest prognostic variableYear clinical outcomesIncremental prognostic informationCADILLAC trialReperfusion therapyReperfusion successClinical outcomesGrade 2/3Independent correlatesMicrocirculatory integrityPrognostic informationUnivariate analysisPoor survivalCumulative rate
1999
Angiographic Patterns of In-Stent Restenosis
Mehran R, Dangas G, Abizaid A, Mintz G, Lansky A, Satler L, Pichard A, Kent K, Stone G, Leon M. Angiographic Patterns of In-Stent Restenosis. Circulation 1999, 100: 1872-1878. PMID: 10545431, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.100.18.1872.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget vessel revascularizationRecurrent ISRAngiographic classificationStent restenosisSubsequent target vessel revascularizationClass IFinal diameter stenosisPattern IIPattern IVessel revascularizationAngiographic patternsISR lesionsIndependent predictorsDiameter stenosisPrognostic informationAngiographic presentationIntimal hyperplasiaPatient triageFocal lesionsIntravascular ultrasoundMultivariate analysisClass IIIPattern IVInvestigational purposesPattern III