Key result
Patients with acute coronary syndrome caused by plaque erosion had a significantly lower percent lipid volume (35.0% vs. 49.2%) in residual lesions compared to those with plaque rupture.
Why the study?
It was unknown whether vulnerable plaques occur in residual lesions of ACS patients with plaque erosion as they do in those with plaque rupture.
Do the tissue characteristics of residual lesions differ between patients with acute coronary syndrome caused by plaque erosion versus plaque rupture?
Observational (n=58)
No
Do the tissue characteristics of residual lesions differ between patients with acute coronary syndrome caused by plaque erosion versus plaque rupture?
Absolute Event Rate: 35% vs 49.2%
p-value: p=<0.001
Patients with acute coronary syndrome caused by plaque erosion exhibit less lipid and more fibrous tissue in residual lesions compared to those with plaque rupture, suggesting lower pancoronary vulnerability.
PE-associated ACS links to less lipid-rich residual plaques than PR; hypothesis-generating for morphology-specific risk stratification.
Purpose Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), frequently caused by plaque rupture (PR), often have vulnerable plaques in residual and culprit lesions. However, whether this occurs in patients with plaque erosion (PE) as well is unknown. Therefore, we compared the tissue characteristics of residual lesions in patients with PE and those with PR. Methods The data of 88 patients with ACS who underwent both optimal coherence tomography (OCT) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) were retrospectively analyzed. Based on plaque morphology of the culprit lesions identified using OCT, patients were classified into PE and PR groups. The tissue characteristics of residual lesions evaluated using integrated backscatter IVUS were compared between the two groups after percutaneous coronary intervention. Results Patients were classified into the PE group (n=23) and PR group (n=35). The PE group had a significantly lower percent lipid volume and a higher percent fibrous volume than those of the PR group (35.0±17.8% vs. 49.2±13.4%, p<0.001; 63.2±17.1% vs. 50.3±13.1%, p=0.002, respectively). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed that the percent lipid volume in the residual lesions was a significant discriminant factor in estimating the plaque morphology of the culprit lesion (optimal cut-off value, <43.5%; sensitivity and specificity values were 73.9% and 68.6%, respectively). Conclusions Patients with PE had a significantly lower percent lipid volume and a significantly higher percent fibrous volume in the residual lesions than in those with PR, suggesting that the nature of coronary plaques in patients with PE is different from that in patients with PR.
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Suzuki et al. (2022) conducted an observational in Acute Coronary Syndrome (n=58). Plaque erosion vs. Plaque rupture was evaluated on Percent lipid volume in residual lesions (p=<0.001). Patients with acute coronary syndrome caused by plaque erosion had a significantly lower percent lipid volume (35.0% vs. 49.2%) in residual lesions compared to those with plaque rupture.
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