Erosion of Thin-Cap Fibroatheroma in an Area of Low Endothelial Shear Stress: Anatomy and Local Hemodynamic Environment Dictate Outcomes

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Apr 25;9(8):e77-e78. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.01.011. Epub 2016 Mar 23.

Authors

Andreas A Giannopoulos¹, Antonios P Antoniadis², Kevin Croce¹, Yiannis S Chatzizisis³

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Cardiovascular Department, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
³ Cardiovascular Division, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27017369
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.01.011

No abstract available

Keywords: acute coronary syndrome(s); atherosclerosis; coronary arteries; erosion; shear stress.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction / therapy
Cardiovascular Agents / administration & dosage
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease / complications*
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
Coronary Artery Disease / therapy
Coronary Circulation*
Coronary Stenosis / complications*
Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Stenosis / physiopathology
Coronary Stenosis / therapy
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / physiopathology*
Disease Progression
Drug-Eluting Stents
Endothelium, Vascular / diagnostic imaging
Endothelium, Vascular / physiopathology*
Everolimus / administration & dosage
Fibrosis
Hemodynamics*
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Cardiovascular
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / instrumentation
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
Stress, Mechanical
Tomography, Optical Coherence

Substances

Cardiovascular Agents
Everolimus