Association Between Visit-to-Visit Variability in Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Plaque Rupture That Leads to Acute Coronary Syndrome
Shinsuke Nakano, Hiromasa Otake, Hiroyuki Kawamori, Takayoshi Toba, Yoichiro Sugizaki, Akira Nagasawa, Ryo Takeshige, Yoichiro Matsuoka, Kosuke Tanimura, Yu Takahashi, Yusuke Fukuyama, Junya Shite, Amane Kozuki, Masamichi Iwasaki, Koji Kuroda, Tomofumi Takaya, Ken‐ichi Hirata
Abstract
Background:The effect of intraindividual variability in lipid levels on the onset of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains uncertain. We evaluated the relationship between intraindividual variability in lipid levels and culprit lesion morphologies by optical coherence tomography (OCT).
Topics & Concepts
Acute coronary syndromeCardiologyOptical coherence tomographyInternal medicineMedicineCulpritCholesterolLesionPathologyRadiologyMyocardial infarctionCoronary Interventions and DiagnosticsCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsAcute Myocardial Infarction Research