Seung-Jung Park, Jung-Min Ahn, Do-Yoon Kang, Sung-Cheol Yun, Young-Keun Ahn, Won-Jang Kim, Chang-Wook Nam, Jin-Ok Jeong, In-Ho Chae, Hiroki Shiomi, Hsien-Li Kao, Joo-Yong Hahn, Sung-Ho Her, Bong-Ki Lee, Tae Hoon Ahn, Ki-Yuk Chang, Jei Keon Chae, David Smyth, Gary S Mintz, Gregg W Stone, Duk-Woo Park
BACKGROUND: Acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death are often caused by rupture and thrombosis of lipid-rich atherosclerotic coronary plaques (known as vulnerable plaques), many of which are non-flow-limiting. The safety and effectiveness of focal preventive therapy with percutaneous coronary intervention of vulnerable plaques in reducing adverse cardiac events are unknown. We aimed to assess whether preventive percutaneous coronary intervention of non-flow-limiting vulnerable plaques improves clinical outcomes compared with optimal medical therapy alone...
April 4, 2024: Lancet