Does spotty calcification attenuate the response of nonculprit plaque to statin therapy?: A serial optical coherence tomography study
Afolabi A, Mustafina I, Zhao L, Li L, Sun R, Hu S, Zhang S, Jia H, Guilio G, Yu B. Does spotty calcification attenuate the response of nonculprit plaque to statin therapy?: A serial optical coherence tomography study. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2018, 91: 582-590. PMID: 29359491, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary VesselsFemaleFibrosisHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsMaleMiddle AgedPlaque, AtheroscleroticPredictive Value of TestsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTime FactorsTomography, Optical CoherenceTreatment OutcomeVascular CalcificationConceptsStatin therapyOptical coherence tomographyFibrous cap thicknessSpotty calcificationIntensity statinsModerate statin therapyPresence of spotty calcificationBaseline to 6Lipid-rich plaquesModerate statinsLipid arcCalcification groupCoherence tomographyStatinsTherapyPlaque characteristicsPlaque stabilityCalcificationPlaque progressionMonthsPlaquePatientsVulnerable plaquesMarkers of vulnerable plaqueBaseline