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Erschienen in: Heart and Vessels 6/2012

01.11.2012 | Original Article

Intravascular ultrasound assessment of the association between spatial orientation of ruptured coronary plaques and remodeling morphology of culprit plaques in ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction

verfasst von: Ikuyoshi Kusama, Kiyoshi Hibi, Masami Kosuge, Shinnichi Sumita, Kengo Tsukahara, Jun Okuda, Toshiaki Ebina, Satoshi Umemura, Kazuo Kimura

Erschienen in: Heart and Vessels | Ausgabe 6/2012

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the association between the spatial location of plaque rupture and remodeling pattern of culprit lesions in acute anterior myocardial infarction (MI). Positive remodeling suggests a potential surrogate marker of plaque vulnerability, whereas plaque rupture causes thrombus formation followed by coronary occlusion and MI. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) can determine the precise spatial orientation of coronary plaque formation. We studied 52 consecutive patients with acute anterior MI caused by plaque rupture of the culprit lesion as assessed by preintervention IVUS. The plaques were divided into those with and without positive remodeling. We divided the plaques into three categories according to the spatial orientation of plaque rupture site: myocardial (inner curve), epicardial (outer curve), and lateral quadrants (2 intermediate quadrants). Among 52 plaque ruptures in 52 lesions, 27 ruptures were oriented toward the epicardial side (52%), 18 toward the myocardial side (35%), and 7 in the 2 lateral quadrants (13%). Among 35 plaques with positive remodeling, plaque rupture was observed in 21 (52%) on the epicardial side, 12 (34%) on the myocardial side, and 2 (6%) on the lateral side. However, among 17 plaques without positive remodeling, plaque rupture was observed in 6 (35%), 6 (35%), and 5 (30%), respectively (p = 0.047). Atherosclerotic plaques with positive remodeling showed more frequent plaque rupture on the epicardial side of the coronary vessel wall in anterior MI than those without positive remodeling.
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Metadaten
Titel
Intravascular ultrasound assessment of the association between spatial orientation of ruptured coronary plaques and remodeling morphology of culprit plaques in ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction
verfasst von
Ikuyoshi Kusama
Kiyoshi Hibi
Masami Kosuge
Shinnichi Sumita
Kengo Tsukahara
Jun Okuda
Toshiaki Ebina
Satoshi Umemura
Kazuo Kimura
Publikationsdatum
01.11.2012
Verlag
Springer Japan
Erschienen in
Heart and Vessels / Ausgabe 6/2012
Print ISSN: 0910-8327
Elektronische ISSN: 1615-2573
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-011-0184-7

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