Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Activity and Risk of Myocardial Infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Total coronary atherosclerotic plaque activity across the entire coronary arterial tree is associated with patient-level clinical outcomes.

Objectives

We aimed to investigate whether vessel-level coronary atherosclerotic plaque activity is associated with vessel-level myocardial infarction.

Methods

In this secondary analysis of an international multicenter study of patients with recent myocardial infarction and multivessel coronary artery disease, we assessed vessel-level coronary atherosclerotic plaque activity using coronary ¹⁸F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography to identify vessel-level myocardial infarction.

Results

Increased ¹⁸F-sodium fluoride uptake was found in 679 of 2,094 coronary arteries and 414 of 691 pati

SUBMITTER: Wang KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11254330 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature