European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging
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Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging · Nov 2014
Prognostic implications of non-culprit plaques in acute coronary syndrome: non-invasive assessment with coronary CT angiography.
Non-culprit plaques are responsible for a substantial number of future events in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). In this study, we evaluated the prognostic implications of non-culprit plaques seen on coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) in patients with ACS. ⋯ Almost a quarter of the study population experienced a new event arising from a non-culprit plaque during a follow-up of almost 5 years. ACS patients with remaining obstructive non-culprit plaques or high plaque burden have an increased risk of future MACE.