Target Lesion Thin-Cap Fibroatheroma Defined by Virtual Histology Intravascular Ultrasound Affects Microvascular Injury During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Angina Pectoris
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Background: Several reports suggest that virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) assessment could predict microvascular damage during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A novel index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) has been developed as a reproducible and less hemodynamic-dependent index. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) defined by VH-IVUS and a change in the IMR during PCI in patients with angina pectoris (AP). Methods and Results: The study investigated 30 lesions from 28 AP patients. VH-IVUS imaging was performed before PCI. TCFA was defined as the presence of confluent necrotic core (>10%) without detectable overlying fibrous cap segment. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to the presence of TCFA. Using a pressure guidewire, IMR were measured before and after PCI. After successful PCI, patients were prospectively followed up clinically. TCFA was detected in 9 lesions (30%). IMR tended to improve after PCI in the non-TCFA group, but tended to worsen in the TCFA group. ΔIMR (=IMR after PCI-IMR before PCI) was significantly higher in the TCFA group compared with the non-TCFA group (13.2±29.9 vs -4.4±16.0, P=0.04). During follow-up (mean 20 months), survival free of major adverse cardiac events was significantly less in the TCFA group than in the non-TCFA group. Conclusions: Target lesion TCFA may be related to both microvascular injury and the long-term clinical outcome after successful PCI in patients with AP. (Circ J 2010; 74: 1658 - 1662)
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