Takuya Tsujimura, Isamu Mizote, Takayuki Ishihara, Daisuke Nakamura, Naotaka Okamoto, Tatsuya Shiraki, Naoki Itaya, Mitsuyoshi Takahara, Takaharu Nakayoshi, Osamu Iida, Yosuke Hata, Masami Nishino, Takafumi Ueno, Daisaku Nakatani, Shungo Hikoso, Shinsuke Nanto, Toshiaki Mano, Yasushi Sakata
BACKGROUND: The relationship between baseline yellow plaque (YP) and vascular response after stent implantation has not been fully investigated. METHODS: This was a sub-analysis of the Collaboration-1 study (multicenter, retrospective, observational study). A total of 88 lesions from 80 patients with chronic coronary syndrome who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention were analyzed. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) and coronary angioscopy (CAS) were serially performed immediately and 11 months after stent implantation...
April 17, 2024: Journal of Cardiology