Multiple complex coronary atherosclerosis in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction: a three-vessel optical coherence tomography study
Multiple complex coronary atherosclerosis in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction: a three-vessel optical coherence tomography study
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DOI:
10.4244/eijv8i8a145
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发表时间:
2012-12-01
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6.2
通讯作者:
Masuyama, Tohru
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作者:
Fukunaga, Masashi;Fujii, Kenichi;Masuyama, Tohru
Aims: The main cause of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the disruption of a thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) and subsequent thrombosis. Mortality increases in diabetic patients due to cardiovascular events; there may be differences in the vulnerable plaques between diabetic and non-diabetic patients. We used optical coherence tomography (OCT) to assess the incidence of vulnerable plaques in diabetic patients with AMI.Methods and results: OCT was performed in all three major coronary arteries of 70 AMI patients: 48 nondiabetic and 22 diabetic patients. The OCT criterion for TCFA was the presence of both a lipid-rich plaque composition and a fibrotic cap thickness of