Coronary Plaque Composition, Morphology, and Outcomes in Patients With and Without Chronic Kidney Disease Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndromes
Baber U, Stone GW, Weisz G, Moreno P, Dangas G, Maehara A, Mintz GS, Cristea E, Fahy M, Xu K, Lansky AJ, Wennerblom B, Mathey DG, Templin B, Zhang Z, Serruys PW, Mehran R. Coronary Plaque Composition, Morphology, and Outcomes in Patients With and Without Chronic Kidney Disease Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndromes. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2012, 5: s53-s61. PMID: 22421231, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.12.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Coronary SyndromeAgedAngina, UnstableAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryChronic DiseaseCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseEuropeFemaleFibrosisHeart ArrestHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateKidney DiseasesMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisMyocardial InfarctionNecrosisPlaque, AtheroscleroticPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUltrasonography, InterventionalUnited StatesVascular CalcificationConceptsAcute coronary syndromeChronic kidney diseasePercutaneous coronary interventionCoronary plaque compositionNonculprit lesionsPlaque compositionCoronary syndromeAdverse eventsCoronary interventionCardiac deathKidney diseaseMyocardial infarctionNecrotic coreFibrous tissueGreater necrotic coreUntreated nonculprit lesionsRadiofrequency intravascular ultrasoundCoronary atherosclerotic plaque compositionMinimal luminal areaPercentage of plaqueLesion-level analysisIntravascular ultrasound parametersAtherosclerotic plaque compositionCKD patientsCulprit lesion