The Site of Plaque Rupture in Native Coronary Arteries
A Three-Vessel Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis
Myeong-Ki Hong, MD*,
Gary S. Mintz, MD, FACC ,
Cheol Whan Lee, MD*,
Bong-Ki Lee, MD*,
Tae-Hyun Yang, MD*,
Young-Hak Kim, MD*,
Jong-Min Song, MD*,
Ki-Hoon Han, MD*,
Duk-Hyun Kang, MD*,
Sang-Sig Cheong, MD ,
Jae-Kwan Song, MD, FACC*,
Jae-Joong Kim, MD*,
Seong-Wook Park, MD, FACC* and
Seung-Jung Park, MD, FACC*,*
* Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, GangNeung, Korea
Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York.
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Figure 1 Angiographic and intravascular ultrasound image of a typical ruptured plaque (arrow) in a right coronary artery are shown.
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Figure 2 The frequency of 273 plaque ruptures according to distance from each coronary ostium is shown for the left anterior descending artery (LAD), left circumflex artery (LCX), and right coronary artery (RCA).
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Figure 3 The length of coronary artery containing each plaque rupture imaged with intravascular ultrasound is shown. Abbreviations as in Figure 2.
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Figure 4 The frequency of plaque ruptures according to distance from each coronary ostium is shown for the LAD, LCX, and RCA. Culprit/target lesions and non-culprit/non-target lesions are shown separately. Abbreviations as in Figure 2.
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