OCT-Defined Morphological Characteristics of Coronary Artery Spasm聽Sites in Vasospastic Angina

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• 作者：Eun-Seok Shin ; MD ; PhD^&lowast ; ; ^{sesim1989@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Soe Hee Ann ; MD^&lowast ; ; Gillian Balbir Singh ; MBChB^&lowast ; ; Kyung Hun Lim ; MD^&lowast ; ; Hyuck-Jun Yoon ; MD ; PhD^&dagger ; ; Seung-Ho Hur ; MD ; PhD^&dagger ; ; Ae-Young Her ; MD ; PhD^&Dagger ; ; Bon-Kwon Koo ; MD ; PhD^§ ; ; Takashi Akasaka ; MD ; PhD^鈥?/sup>
• 关键词：acute myocardial infarction ; cardiac arrest ; intravascular imaging ; plaque erosion ; plaque rupture ; Prinzmetal angina
• 刊名：JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：September 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：8
• 期：9
• 页码：1059-1067
• 全文大小：975 K

文摘

The aim of this study was to define the morphological features of coronary artery spasm sites using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with vasospastic angina (VSA).

Background

Plaque characteristics at coronary artery spasm sites have not been investigated systematically.

Methods

Sixty-nine consecutive patients (80 spasm sites) presenting with VSA who underwent OCT imaging were included in this study. Fibrous cap disruption was identified by the discontinuation of fibrous cap with or without intraplaque cavity formation. OCT-defined erosion was established by the presence of thrombus with or without lumen irregularity overlying an intact fibrous cap on multiple adjacent OCT frames. Other morphological features such as the absence of thrombus with or without lumen irregularity and those not in the previously mentioned criteria were also documented.

Results

Plaque was seen on OCT in 79 of the 80 spasm sites. Fibrous cap disruption was detected at 3 sites (4%). OCT-defined erosion was observed at 21 spasm sites (26%). Thrombus with lumen irregularity was observed in 20 sites, whereas 1 site had thrombus without lumen irregularity. Lumen irregularity without thrombus was observed at 49 spasm sites (61%). Spontaneous spasm was seen more frequently in patients with acute myocardial infarction and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest than in patients without these conditions (50.0% vs. 19.3%, p = 0.025).

Conclusions

Our results show that OCT-defined erosion at spasm sites occurred in more than one-fourth of patients in this study. Luminal irregularity was observed in nearly two-thirds of the patients without overlying thrombus. These findings suggest the potential role of antiplatelet therapy in VSA.