Guglielmo Gallone, Matteo Bellettini, Marco Gatti, Davide Tore, Francesco Bruno, Luca Scudeler, Vincenzo Cusenza, Antonio Lanfranchi, Andrea Angelini, Ovidio de Filippo, Mario Iannaccone, Luca Baldetti, Katia Audisio, Michelle Demetres, Gaetano Risi, Giulia Rizzello, Italo Porto, Paolo Fonio, Francesco Prati, Michelle C Williams, Bon-Kwon Koo, Gianluca Pontone, Alessandro Depaoli, Peter Libby, Gregg W Stone, Jagat Narula, Gaetano Maria de Ferrari, Fabrizio d'Ascenzo
BACKGROUND: The clinical value of high-risk coronary plaque characteristics (CPCs) to inform intensified medical therapy or revascularization of non-flow-limiting lesions remains uncertain. OBJECTIVES: The authors performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to study the prognostic impact of CPCs on patient-level and lesion-level major cardiovascular adverse events (MACE). METHODS: Thirty studies (21 retrospective, 9 prospective) with 30,369 patients evaluating the association of CPCs with MACE were included...
December 2023: JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging