Variable underlying morphology of culprit plaques associated with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: an optical coherence tomography analysis from the SMART trial

Conclusion
OCT analysis showed two dominant culprit lesion morphologies in STEMI: (i) lesions with plaque rupture with a large amount of thrombus or (ii) lesions without plaque rupture and a lesser amount of thrombus.

Source: European Journal of Echocardiography - November 16, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Wang, L., Parodi, G., Maehara, A., Valenti, R., Migliorini, A., Vergara, R., Carrabba, N., Mintz, G. S., Antoniucci, D. Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research