Culprit plaque characteristics in younger versus older patients with acute coronary syndromes: An optical coherence tomography study from the FORMIDABLE registry.

Umberto BarberoPaolo ScacciatellaMario IannacconeFabrizio D'AscenzoGiampaolo NiccoliFrancesco ColomboFabrizio UgoSalvatore ColangeloMassimo ManconeSimone CalcagnoGennaro SardellaNicolas AmabilePascal MotreffKonstantinos ToutouzasRoberto GarboCorrado TamburinoAntonio MontefuscoPierluigi OmedèClaudio MorettiMaurizio D'amicoGeraud SouteyrandFiorenzo GaitaChristian Templin

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2017)

young patients with ACS show a trend for a higher prevalence of culprit PR, a thinner cap and less fibrotic or fibrocalcific components.

Keyphrases

acute coronary syndrome
optical coherence tomography
middle aged
percutaneous coronary intervention
coronary artery disease
risk factors
antiplatelet therapy
physical activity
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
diabetic retinopathy
atrial fibrillation