Clinical and Laboratory Predictors for Plaque Erosion in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

Clinical and Laboratory Predictors for Plaque Erosion in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

Background Plaque erosion is responsible for 25% to 40% of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Recent studies suggest that anti‐thrombotic therapy without stenting may be an option for this subset of patients. Currently, however, an invasive procedure is required to make a diagnosis of pla...

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Main Authors: Erika Yamamoto, Taishi Yonetsu, Tsunekazu Kakuta, Tsunenari Soeda, Yoshihiko Saito, Bryan P. Yan, Osamu Kurihara, Masamichi Takano, Giampaolo Niccoli, Takumi Higuma, Shigeki Kimura, Yoshiyasu Minami, Junya Ako, Tom Adriaenssens, Niklas F. Boeder, Holger M. Nef, Francesco Fracassi, Tomoyo Sugiyama, Hang Lee, Filippo Crea, Takeshi Kimura, James G. Fujimoto, Valentin Fuster, Ik‐Kyung Jang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-11-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
acute coronary syndrome
optical coherence tomography
plaque erosion
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.012322

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