EROSION Study (Effective Anti-Thrombotic Therapy Without Stenting: Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography-Based Management in Plaque Erosion): A 1-Year Follow-Up Report [Coronary Artery Disease]

Conclusions— One-year follow-up optical coherence tomography demonstrated a further decrease in thrombus volume between 1-month and 1-year follow-up. A majority (92.5%) of patients with acute coronary syndrome caused by plaque erosion managed with aspirin and ticagrelor without stenting remained free of major adverse cardiovascular event for ≤1 year. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT02041650.

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Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions - December 15, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Xing, L., Yamamoto, E., Sugiyama, T., Jia, H., Ma, L., Hu, S., Wang, C., Zhu, Y., Li, L., Xu, M., Liu, H., Bryniarski, K., Hou, J., Zhang, S., Lee, H., Yu, B., Jang, I.-K. Tags: Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Acute Coronary Syndromes Coronary Artery Disease Source Type: research