Sex differences in plaque characteristics of fractional flow reserve-negative non-culprit lesions after myocardial infarction.

Rick H J A VollebergJan-Quinten MolAnouar BelkacemiRenicus S HermanidesMartijn MeuwissenAlexey V ProtopopovPeep LaanmetsOleg V KrestyaninovRobert DennertRohit M OemrawsinghJan-Peter van KuijkKarin ArkenboutDirk J van der HeijdenSaman RasoulErik LipsicLaura RodwellCyril CamaroPeter DammanTomasz RolederElvin KedhiMaarten A H van LeeuwenRobert-Jan M van GeunsNiels van Royen

Published in: Atherosclerosis (2024)

FFR-negative NC lesions after MI harbored more high-risk plaque features in female patients. Although this did not translate into an excess of recurrent events in female patients in this modestly sized cohort, it remains to be investigated whether this difference affects clinical outcome.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
coronary artery disease
peritoneal dialysis
high resolution
patient reported
single molecule