Association between apolipoprotein C-III levels and coronary calcification detected by intravascular ultrasound in patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention.

ABSTRACT: There are few reports on the association between apolipoprotein C-III (ApoC-III) and coronary calcification using intravascular modalities. This study aimed to investigate the impacts of ApoC-III levels on coronary calcification using grayscale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). Consecutive 263 culprit lesions for 202 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention using grayscale IVUS were included in this study and divided into four groups based on quartile ApoC-III values. This study assessed plaque characteristics, including severe calcification (>180° arc) at the minimum lumen area site and presence of calcified nodules within the culprit lesion using grayscale IVUS, and evaluated whether ApoC-III levels were associated with coronary calcified plaques. The highest ApoC-III qua

SUBMITTER: Fukase T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11371589 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature