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Observational studyHeart and vessels2021

Clinical significance of microvessels detected by in vivo optical coherence tomography within human atherosclerotic coronary arterial intima: a study with multimodality intravascular imagings.

Toshihiko Nishida, Takafumi Hiro, Tadateru Takayama, Mitsumasa Sudo, Hironori Haruta, Daisuke Fukamachi, Atsushi Hirayama, Yasuo Okumura

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Observational study in Heart and vessels, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Detection of myocardial bridge by optical coherence tomography.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Toshihiko NishidaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan.
Takafumi HiroDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan. hiro.takafumi@nihon-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1118-7854
Tadateru TakayamaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan.
Mitsumasa SudoDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan.
Hironori HarutaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan.
Daisuke FukamachiDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan.
Atsushi HirayamaDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan.
Yasuo OkumuraDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi-kamicho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan.
Nihon University · JP

Funding

grant-in-aid for scientific research of the Ministry of Education, Japan grant No. 25461093
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The significance of microvessels within atherosclerotic plaques is not yet fully clarified. Associated with plaque vulnerability. The aim of this study is to examine tissue characteristics of plaque with microvessels detected by optical coherence tomography (OCT) by use of a commercially available color-coded intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and coronary angioscopy (CAS). The subjects examined comprised of 44 patients with stable angina pectoris who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. Microvessels were defined as a tiny tubule with a diameter of 50-300 µm detected over three or more frames in OCT. We compared the total volume of microvessels with tissue component such as fibrotic, lipidic, necrotic, and calcified volume and the number of yellow plaque. In IVUS analysis, % necrotic volume and % lipidic volume were significantly correlated and % fibrotic volume was inversely significantly correlated with the total volume of microvessel (r = 0.485, p = 0.0009; r = 0.401, p = 0.007; r = - 0.432, p = 0.003, respectively). The number of plaque with an angioscopic yellow grade of two or more was significantly correlated with the total volume of microvessel (r = 0.461, p = 0.002). The greater the luminal volume of microvessels, the more the percent content of necrotic/lipidic tissue volume within plaque and the more the number of yellow plaques. These data suggested that microvessels within coronary plaque might be related to plaque vulnerability.

Indexed as

Multimodal ImagingAgedAngioscopyAtherosclerosisCardiac CatheterizationCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary VesselsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMicrovesselsRetrospective StudiesTomography, Optical CoherenceTunica IntimaUltrasonography, InterventionalCoronary angioscopyCoronary artery diseaseIntravascular ultrasoundMicrovesselsOptical coherence tomographyPlaqueProgression

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PMID33403471
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