Persistent Cigarette Smoking Attenuates Plaque Stabilization in Response to Lipid-Lowering Therapy: A Serial Optical Coherence Tomography Study

Persistent Cigarette Smoking Attenuates Plaque Stabilization in Response to Lipid-Lowering Therapy: A Serial Optical Coherence Tomography Study

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of smoking on morphological changes in non-culprit plaques in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients at 1 year after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), using optical coherence tomography (OCT).Background: Cigarette smoking is an important...

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Main Authors: Xiling Zhang, Xiang Peng, Lulu Li, Huai Yu, Bo Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
acute coronary syndrome
statin
smoking
fibrous cap thickness
thin-cap fibroatheroma
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2021.616568/full

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