Diet and lifestyle intervention in addition to optimal medical therapy can slow down plaque building and even reduce plaque volume compared against optimal medical treatment (OTM) alone. Diet and lifestyle intervention are amongst the most important strategies to manage coronary artery disease. However, its direct impact on atherosclerosis remains unclear. Atherosclerosis plaque building is associated…
Plaque Volume Over Stenosis Degree
Paradigms are bound to eventually change. After years blinded by stenosis degree, plaque volume has proven to be a better predictor of cardiovascular events and death. Thus, patients with similar degrees of atherosclerosis burden have a similar prognosis, regardless of their lesions being obstructive or not. The aim of this work was to assess whether…
TCT 2020 | Prophylactic Angioplasty for Vulnerable Plaques
Patients with vulnerable plaque identified by means of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) are at a significantly increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events. Revascularization of these vulnerable lesions could prevent clinical events. That is the theory behind prophylactic angioplasty, which still needs to be proven in clinical practice. The PROSPECT ABSORB study, nested…