Why the study?
To identify new predictors for the vulnerability of atherosclerotic coronary plaques in patients with stable ischemic heart disease.
Do indexes of inflammation, dyslipidemia, and carbohydrate metabolism predict coronary plaque vulnerability in patients with stable ischemic heart disease?
Population
58 patients with sIHD
Comparison
Unstable vs stable coronary plaques
Design
Prospective, single-center study
Authors
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Metabolic indexes correlate with plaque vulnerability in sIHD; leaves open prospective validation before clinical use.
Do indexes of inflammation, dyslipidemia, and carbohydrate metabolism predict coronary plaque vulnerability in patients with stable ischemic heart disease?
In patients with stable ischemic heart disease, dyslipidemia and blood glucose levels correlate with specific morphological features of vulnerable coronary plaques as assessed by virtual histology intravascular ultrasound.
Kochergin et al. (2020) studied this question.
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