Pathologic Intimal Thickening Plaque Phenotype: Not as Innocent as Previously Thought. A Serial 3D Intravascular Ultrasound Virtual Histology Study

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• 作者：Tomas Kovarnik^a ; ^{tomas.kovarnik@vfn.cz} ; Zhi Chen^b ; Andreas Wahle^b ; Ling Zhang^b ; Hana Skalicka^a ; Ales Kral^a ; John J. Lopez^c ; Jan Horak^a ; Milan Sonka^b ; Ales Linhart^a
• 关键词：Atherosclerotic plaque ; Intravascular ultrasound ; Stable angina ; Follow-up study ; Lipid
• 刊名：Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition)
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：70
• 期：1
• 页码：25-33
• 全文大小：627 K
• 卷排序：70

文摘

Pathologic intimal thickening (PIT) has been considered a benign plaque phenotype. We report plaque phenotypic changes in a baseline/follow-up intravascular ultrasound-based virtual histology study.MethodsA total of 61 patients with stable coronary artery disease were analyzed from the HEAVEN trial (89 patients randomized between routine statin therapy vs atorvastatin 80 mg and ezetimibe 10 mg) with serial intravascular ultrasound imaging of nonculprit vessels. We compared changes in 693 baseline and follow-up 5-mm long segments in a novel risk score, Liverpool Active Plaque Score (LAPS), plaque parameters, and plaque composition.ResultsThe PIT showed the highest increase of risk score and, with fibrous plaque, also the LAPS. Necrotic core (NC) abutting to the lumen increased in PIT (22 ± 51.7; P = .0001) and in fibrous plaque (17.9 ± 42.6; P = .004) but decreased in thin cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) (⿿15.14 ± 52.2; P = .001). The PIT was the most likely of all nonthin cap fibroatheroma plaque types to transform into TCFA at follow-up (11% of all TCFA found during follow-up and 35.9% of newly-developed TCFA), but showed (together with fibrous plaque) the lowest stability during lipid-lowering therapy (24.7% of PIT remained PIT and 24.5% of fibrous plaque remained fibrous plaque).ConclusionsOver the 1-year follow-up, PIT was the most dynamic of the plaque phenotypes and was associated with an increase of risk score and LAPS (together with fibrous plaque), NC percentage (together with fibrous plaque) and NC abutting to the lumen, despite a small reduction of plaque volume during lipid-lowering therapy. The PIT was the main source for new TCFA segments.