OBJECTIVE: To assess the potential relation between plaque composition and vascular remodelling by using spectral analysis of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) radiofrequency data. METHODS AND RESULTS: 41 coronary vessels with non-significant (< 50% diameter stenosis by angiography), < or = 20 mm, non-ostial lesions located in non-culprit vessels underwent IVUS interrogation. IVUS radiofrequency data obtained with a 30 MHz catheter, were analysed with IVUS virtual histology software. A remodelling index (RI) was calculated and divided into three groups. Lesions with RI > or = 1.05 were considered to have positive remodelling and lesions with RI < or = 0.95 were considered to have negative remodelling. Lesions with RI > or = 1.05 had a significantly larger lipid core than lesions with RI 0.96-1.04 and RI < or = 0.95 (22.1 (6.3) v 15.1 (7.6) v 6.6 (6.9), p < 0.0001). A positive correlation between lipid core and RI (r = 0.83, p < 0.0001) and an inverse correlation between fibrous tissue and RI (r = -0.45, p = 0.003) were also significant. All of the positively remodelled lesions were thin cap fibroatheroma or fibroatheromatous lesions, whereas negatively remodelled lesions had a more stable phenotype, with 64% having pathological intimal thickening, 29% being fibrocalcific lesions, and only 7% fibroatheromatous lesions (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, in vivo plaque composition and morphology assessed by spectral analysis of IVUS radiofrequency data were related to coronary artery remodelling.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the potential relation between plaque composition and vascular remodelling by using spectral analysis of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) radiofrequency data. METHODS AND RESULTS: 41 coronary vessels with non-significant (< 50% diameter stenosis by angiography), < or = 20 mm, non-ostial lesions located in non-culprit vessels underwent IVUS interrogation. IVUS radiofrequency data obtained with a 30 MHz catheter, were analysed with IVUS virtual histology software. A remodelling index (RI) was calculated and divided into three groups. Lesions with RI > or = 1.05 were considered to have positive remodelling and lesions with RI < or = 0.95 were considered to have negative remodelling. Lesions with RI > or = 1.05 had a significantly larger lipid core than lesions with RI 0.96-1.04 and RI < or = 0.95 (22.1 (6.3) v 15.1 (7.6) v 6.6 (6.9), p < 0.0001). A positive correlation between lipid core and RI (r = 0.83, p < 0.0001) and an inverse correlation between fibrous tissue and RI (r = -0.45, p = 0.003) were also significant. All of the positively remodelled lesions were thin cap fibroatheroma or fibroatheromatous lesions, whereas negatively remodelled lesions had a more stable phenotype, with 64% having pathological intimal thickening, 29% being fibrocalcific lesions, and only 7% fibroatheromatous lesions (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, in vivo plaque composition and morphology assessed by spectral analysis of IVUS radiofrequency data were related to coronary artery remodelling.
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