Original InvestigationClinical Significance of Lipid-Rich Plaque Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography: A 4-Year Follow-Up Study
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Key Words
atherosclerotic plaque
coronary artery disease
major adverse cardiac events
nonculprit plaque
Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACS
acute coronary syndrome
AMI
acute myocardial infarction
LRP
lipid-rich plaque
MACE
major adverse cardiac event(s)
NC-MACE
nonculprit lesion-related major adverse cardiac events
OCT
optical coherence tomography
PCI
percutaneous coronary intervention
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Dr. Jang is supported by Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Kathryn Park and by Mrs. and Mr. Gill and Allan Gray. Dr. Aguirre is supported by American Heart Association grant 14FTF20380185. Mr. Fujimoto is supported by National Institutes of Health grant R01-CA075289-18; and holds royalties from IP owned by MIT and licensed to St. Jude Medical. Dr. Ik-Kyung Jang has received grants and consulting fees from St. Jude Medical. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, served as Guest Editor-in-Chief for this paper.
© 2017 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier.