Acute coronary syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Others
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients who developed acute coronary syndrome (ACS) due to plaque rupture as defined by percutaneous coronary intervention performed at the participating institutions between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2025. 2. Patients in whom plaque rupture at the culprit lesion was identified by intravascular imaging, including intravascular ultrasound and/or optical coherence tomography, at the time of ACS. 2. Among the above patients, those who underwent coronary CT between 1 month and 2 years before the onset of ACS.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who developed ACS due to restenosis-related lesions. 2. Patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting. 3. Patients with inadequate image quality on coronary CT.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Whether the target lesion was identified as the ACS culprit lesion associated with plaque rupture | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Differences in PCAT attenuation between ACS culprit lesions with plaque rupture and non-culprit lesions | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactTakayoshi Toba
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Outcome results
None listed