Residual Plaque Burden in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes After Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
McPherson JA, Maehara A, Weisz G, Mintz GS, Cristea E, Mehran R, Foster M, Verheye S, Rabbani L, Xu K, Fahy M, Templin B, Zhang Z, Lansky AJ, de Bruyne B, Serruys PW, Stone GW. Residual Plaque Burden in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes After Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2012, 5: s76-s85. PMID: 22421234, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryChi-Square DistributionCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary StenosisEuropeFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedNecrosisPlaque, AtheroscleroticPredictive Value of TestsProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUltrasonography, InterventionalUnited StatesVascular CalcificationConceptsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsSuccessful percutaneous coronary interventionPercutaneous coronary interventionAcute coronary syndromePlaque burdenThin-cap fibroatheromaNonculprit lesionsIntravascular ultrasoundCardiovascular eventsCoronary syndromeCoronary interventionAtherosclerotic diseaseSignificant lesionsFuture major adverse cardiovascular eventsPrior percutaneous coronary interventionMean diameter stenosisMean plaque burdenPercent plaque volumeResidual plaque burdenUntreated nonculprit lesionsAdverse cardiovascular eventsFuture cardiovascular eventsCoronary artery diseaseRadiofrequency intravascular ultrasoundAtherosclerotic burden