Clinical Study
Optical Coherence Tomography Analysis of Attenuated Plaques Detected by Intravascular Ultrasound in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
Table 3
Optical coherence tomography findings.
| | Attenuated plaque | Nonattenuated plaque | P value | | () | () |
| Lesion type | | | | āLipidic | 36 (88) | 31 (49) | <0.001 | āFibrocalcific | 5 (12) | 26 (42) | 0.002 | āFibrotic | 0 (0) | 6 (9) | 0.042 | TCFA | 20 (48) | 10 (16) | <0.001 | Plaque rupture | 18 (44) | 7 (11) | <0.001 | Thrombus | 22 (54) | 11 (17) | <0.001 |
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Values are given as n (%). TCFA: thin-cap fibroatheroma.
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