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Associations of reactive hyperemia index and intravascular ultrasound-assessed coronary plaque morphology in patients with coronary artery disease

Schoenenberger, A. W. and Urbanek, N. and Bergner, M. and Toggweiler, S. and Resink, T. J. and Erne, P.. (2012) Associations of reactive hyperemia index and intravascular ultrasound-assessed coronary plaque morphology in patients with coronary artery disease. The American journal of cardiology, Vol. 109, H. 12. pp. 1711-1716.

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Abstract

Although reactive hyperemia index (RHI) predicts future coronary events, associations with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-assessed coronary plaque structure have not been reported. This study therefore investigated associations between RHI and IVUS-assessed coronary plaques. In 362 patients RHI was measured by noninvasive peripheral arterial tonometry and coronary plaque components (fibrous, fibrofatty, necrotic core, and dense calcium) were identified by IVUS in 594 vessel segments of the left anterior descending, circumflex, and/or right coronary arteries. RHI values >1.67 were considered abnormal. Analysis of variance was used to detect independent associations between RHI and plaque composition. Patients with an abnormal RHI had greater plaque burden (41% vs 39% in patients with normal RHI, p = 0.047). Compared to patients with normal RHI, plaque of patients with abnormal RHI had more necrotic core (21% vs 17%, p >0.001) and dense calcium (19% vs 15%, p >0.001) and less fibrous (49% vs 54%, p >0.001) and fibrofatty (11% vs 14%, p = 0.002) tissue. After adjustment for age, gender, cardiovascular risk factors, and drug therapy, abnormal RHI remained significantly associated with fibrous (F ratio 14.79, p >0.001), fibrofatty (F ratio 5.66, p = 0.018), necrotic core (F ratio 14.47, p >0.001), and dense calcium (F ratio 10.80, p = 0.001) volumes. In conclusion, coronary artery plaques of patients with abnormal RHI had a larger proportion of necrotic core and dense calcium. The association of an abnormal RHI with a plaque structure that is more prone to rupture may explain why these patients exhibit a greater risk of coronary events.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Further Research Groups at DBM > Signal Transduction (Resink/Erne)
UniBasel Contributors:Resink, Thérèse J. and Erne, Paul
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier Science
ISSN:0002-9149
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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