Erasmus, General Medicine, Heart Disease, JACC / 18.01.2015
Novel Intracoronary Imaging Quantifies Lipid in Coronary Artery Vessels
MedicalResearch.com Interview Invitation
Dr. Eric Boersma
Associate Professor of Clinical Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center and Cardiovascular Research Institute COEUR, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
MedicalResearch: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Dr. Boersma: Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a novel intracoronary imaging technique.
The NIRS-derived lipid core burden index (LCBI) quantifies the lipid content within the coronary artery wall.
This study was designed to evaluate the prognostic value of LCBI in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing coronary catheterization (CAG).
We learned that patients with high (above the median) LCBI values had 4 times higher risk of coronary events during 1 year follow-up than those with low values.
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