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Type: Journal article
Title: Near-Infrared spectroscopy enhances intravascular ultrasound assessment of vulnerable coronary plaque: a combined pathological and in vivo study
Author: Puri, R.
Madder, R.
Madden, S.
Sum, S.
Wolski, K.
Muller, J.
Andrews, J.
King, K.
Kataoka, Y.
Uno, K.
Kapadia, S.
Murat Tuzcu, E.
Nissen, S.
Virmani, R.
Maehara, A.
Mintz, G.
Nicholls, S.
Citation: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 2015; 35(11):2423-2431
Publisher: American Heart Association
Issue Date: 2015
ISSN: 1079-5642
1524-4636
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Rishi Puri, Ryan D. Madder, Sean P. Madden, Stephen T. Sum, Kathy Wolski, James E. Muller, Jordan Andrews, Karilane L. King, Yu Kataoka, Kiyoko Uno, Samir R. Kapadia, E. Murat Tuzcu, Steven E. Nissen, Renu Virmani, Akiko Maehara, Gary S. Mintz, Stephen J. Nicholls
Abstract: Objectives: Pathological studies demonstrate the dual significance of plaque burden (PB) and lipid composition for mediating coronary plaque vulnerability. We evaluated relationships between intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-derived PB and arterial remodeling with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-derived lipid content in ex vivo and in vivo human coronary arteries. Approach and Results: Ex vivo coronary NIRS and IVUS imaging was performed through blood in 116 coronary arteries of 51 autopsied hearts, followed by 2-mm block sectioning (n=2070) and histological grading according to modified American Heart Association criteria. Lesions were defined as the most heavily diseased 2-mm block per imaged artery on IVUS. IVUS-derived PB and NIRS-derived lipid core burden index (LCBI) of each block and lesion were analyzed. Block-level analysis demonstrated significant trends of increasing PB and LCBI across more complex atheroma (Ptrend <0.001 for both LCBI and PB). Lesion-based analyses demonstrated the highest LCBI and remodeling index within coronary fibroatheroma (Ptrend <0.001 and 0.02 versus all plaque groups, respectively). Prediction models demonstrated similar abilities of PB, LCBI, and remodeling index for discriminating fibroatheroma (c indices: 0.675, 0.712, and 0.672, respectively). A combined PB+LCBI analysis significantly improved fibroatheroma detection accuracy (c index 0.77, P=0.028 versus PB; net-reclassification index 43%, P=0.003), whereas further adding remodeling index did not (c index 0.80, P=0.27 versus PB+LCBI). In vivo comparisons of 43 age- and sex-matched patients (to the autopsy cohort) undergoing combined NIRS-IVUS coronary imaging yielded similar associations to those demonstrated ex vivo. Conclusions: Adding NIRS to conventional IVUS-derived PB imaging significantly improves the ability to detect more active, potentially vulnerable coronary atheroma.
Keywords: Artherosclerotic plaque; coronary artery disease; intravascular imaging; remodelling; vulnerable plaque
Rights: © 2015 American Heart Association, Inc.
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.115.306118
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/atvbaha.115.306118
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