Plaque Characteristics in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with Impaired Glucose Tolerance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) patients are known to have a high risk of cardiovascular events and their prognosis has been reported to be poor. The present study aimed to compare coronary plaque characteristics among coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with normal glucose tolerance (NGT), those with IGT, and those with diabetes mellitus (DM) by using optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Methods

The present study included 101 coronary artery disease patients (mean age, 67.9 ± 10.4 years; 82.4% male). OCT was performed for target and non-target vessels during percutaneous coronary intervention. The patients were divided into the following 3 groups: the NGT, IGT, and DM groups.

Results

A total of 136 non-target residual plaques were found in 101 patients

SUBMITTER: Suzuki K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5147949 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature