Effective anti-thrombotic therapy without stenting: intravascular optical coherence tomography-based management in plaque erosion (the EROSION study)

Heart, Artery and Coronary Diseases

Nonculprit Plaque Characteristics in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Caused by Plaque Erosion vs Plaque Rupture: A 3-Vessel Optical Coherence Tomography Study

JAMA Cardiol.

Sugiyama T, Yamamoto E, Bryniarski K, Xing L, Lee H, Isobe M, Libby P, Jang IK

Heart, Artery and Coronary DiseasesLipid-Lowering Drugs

Effects of statins on plaque rupture assessed by optical coherence tomography in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes: insights from the optical coherence tomography (OCT)-FORMIDABLE registry

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging.

Gili S, Iannaccone M, Colombo F, Montefusco A, Amabile N, Calcagno S, Capodanno D, Scalone G, Rognoni A, Omedè P, Ugo F, Cavallo E, Mancone M, Mangiameli A, Boccuzzi G, Hiansen J, Motreff P, Toutouzas K, Garbo R, Sardella G, Tamburino C, D'Amico M1, Moretti C, Templin C, Gaita F, Souteyrand G, Niccoli G, D'Ascenzo F

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Lipid-Lowering DrugsMyocardial Infarction

Changes in Coronary Plaque Composition in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With High-Intensity Statin Therapy (IBIS-4): A Serial Optical Coherence Tomography Study

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging.

Räber L, Koskinas KC, Yamaji K, Taniwaki M, Roffi M, Holmvang L, Garcia Garcia HM, Zanchin T, Maldonado R, Moschovitis A, Pedrazzini G, Zaugg S, Dijkstra J, Matter CM, Serruys PW, Lüscher TF, Kelbaek H, Karagiannis A, Radu MD, Windecker S

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Heart, Artery and Coronary DiseasesTherapy and Intervention

Angiography Alone vs Angiography Plus Optical Coherence Tomography to Guide PCI

JACC Cardiovasc Interv.

Jones DA, Rathod KS, Koganti S, Hamshere S, Astroulakis Z, Lim P, Sirker A, O'Mahony C, Jain AK, Knight CJ, Dalby MC, Malik IS, Mathur A, Rakhit R, Lockie T, Redwood S, MacCarthy PA, Desilva R, Weerackody R, Wragg A, Smith EJ, Bourantas CV

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Heart, Artery and Coronary DiseasesLipid-Lowering DrugsTherapy and Intervention

Optical coherence tomography-verified morphological correlates of high-intensity coronary plaques on non-contrast T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in patients with stable coronary artery disease

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging.

Kanaya T, Noguchi T, Otsuka F, Asaumi Y, Kataoka Y, Morita Y, Miura H, Nakao K, Fujino M, Kawasaki T, Nishimura K, Inoue T, Narula J, Yasuda S

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Therapy and Intervention

Optical coherence tomography compared with intravascular ultrasound and with angiography to guide coronary stent implantation (ILUMIEN III: OPTIMIZE PCI): a randomised controlled trial

Lancet.

Ali ZA, Maehara A, Généreux P, Shlofmitz RA, Fabbiocchi F, Nazif TM, Guagliumi G, Meraj PM, Alfonso F, Samady H, Akasaka T, Carlson EB, Leesar MA, Matsumura M, Ozan MO, Mintz GS, Ben-Yehuda O, Stone GW; ILUMIEN III: OPTIMIZE PCI Investigators.

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Therapy and Intervention

Competing risks of major bleeding and thrombotic events with prasugrel-based dual antiplatelet therapy after stent implantation - An observational analysis from BASKET-PROVE I

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Heart, Artery and Coronary DiseasesTherapy and Intervention

Optical Coherence Tomography Versus Intravascular Ultrasound and Angiography to Guide Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: The iSIGHT Randomized Trial

Circ Cardiovasc Interv

Chamié D, Costa JR Jr, Damiani LP, Siqueira D, Braga S, Costa R, Seligman H, Brito F, Barreto G, Staico R, Feres F, Petraco R, Abizaid A

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