Morphologic characteristics of eroded coronary plaques: a combined angiographic, optical coherence tomography, and intravascular ultrasound study

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Oct 20;176(3):e137-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.204. Epub 2014 Aug 5.

Authors

Jinwei Tian¹, Rocco Vergallo², Haibo Jia¹, Tsunenari Soeda², Hang Lee³, Bo Yu⁴, Ik-Kyung Jang⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; The Key Laboratory of Myocardial Ischemia, Chinese Ministry of Education, Harbin, China; Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Biostatistics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; The Key Laboratory of Myocardial Ischemia, Chinese Ministry of Education, Harbin, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁵ Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25127333
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.204

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Optical coherence tomography; Plaque erosion.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Comorbidity
Coronary Angiography*
Female
Humans
Lipids / blood
Male
Middle Aged
Plaque, Atherosclerotic / diagnosis*
Plaque, Atherosclerotic / pathology
Risk Factors
Tomography, Optical Coherence*
Ultrasonography, Interventional*

Substances

Lipids