Table 1.
Substrates of Acute Coronary Syndromes on Optical Coherence Tomography.
| Study | Cohort | Lesions | RFC-ACS | IFC-ACS | Calcified Nodule | Other Causes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leistner et al. [33] | ACS | 170 | 98 | 32 | 3 | 37 |
| Guagliumi et al. [70] | STEMI | 128 | 63 | 32 | - | 33 |
| Dai et al. [58] | STEMI | 822 | 564 | 209 | 5 | 44 |
| Yamamoto et al. [85] | ACS | 1241 | 607 | 477 | 157 | - |
| Jia et al. [57] | ACS | 126 | 55 | 39 | 10 | 22 |
| Chandran et al. [71] | STEMI | 40 | 23 | 15 | - | 2 |
| Niccoli et al. [72] | ACS | 139 | 82 | 57 | - | - |
| Yonetsu et al. [83] | ACS | 318 | 141 | 131 | - | 46 |
| Kajander et al. [73] | STEMI | 70 | 34 | 31 | 5 | - |
| Kwon et al. [33] | ACS | 133 | 90 | 43 | - | - |
| Higuma et al. [74] | STEMI | 112 | 72 | 30 | 9 | 1 |
| Kubo et al. [75] | STEMI | 30 | 22 | 7 | - | 1 |
| Khalifa et al. [76] | ACS | 288 | 172 | 82 | 34 | - |
| Nishiguchi et al. [86] | ACS | 326 | 160 | 153 | - | 13 |
| Wang et al. [87] | STEMI | 80 | 37 | 25 | 2 | 16 |
| Fang et al. [79] | STEMI | 1442 | 972 | 348 | 23 | 99 |
| Shibuya et al. [80] | ACS | 483 | 237 | 218 | 28 | - |
| Kobayashi et al. [81] | ACS | 362 | 163 | 149 | 21 | 29 |
| Sun et al. [82] | STEMI | 211 | 123 | 82 | 6 | 0 |
| Hu et al. [59] | ACS | 141 | 79 | 62 | - | - |
| Total, n (%) | 6662 (100%) |
3794
(56.9%) |
2222
(33.3%) |
303
(4.5%) |
343
(5.0%) |
ACS: acute coronary syndromes; IFC-ACS: intact fibrous cap–acute coronary syndrome; RFC-ACS: ruptured fibrous cap–acute coronary syndrome; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.