Morphological characteristics of lesions with thin cap fibroatheroma-a substudy from the COMBINE (OCT-FFR) trial.
Magda Roleder-DylewskaPawel GasiorTobias M HommelsTomasz RolederBalazs BertaHui Ying AngJaryl Chen Koon NgRenicus S HermanidesEnrico FabrisAlexander J J IJsselmuidenFloris KauerFernando AlfonsoClemens von BirgelenJavier EscanedCyril CamaroMark W KennedyBruno PereiraMichael MagroHolger NefSebastian ReithKrzysztof MalinowskiGiuseppe De LucaHector M Garcia GarciaJuan F GranadaWojciech WojakowskiElvin KedhiPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2022)
Within TCFA carrying patients, a smaller MLA, lower FFR values, and TCFA location adjacent to a HP were associated with future MACE. Carpet-like measured lesion area surface was similar, while the TCFA area was smaller in the MACE arm, and predominantly located proximal to the MLA.