Ryo Okubo

TL;DR: Lesions with low- echoic structures in grayscale IVUS had high plaque vulnerability and were more prevalent in ACS patients, positive remolding, and VH-TCFAs, and they had more frequent no-reflow phenomenon during PCI than lesions without low-echoic structures.

TL;DR: Lesions with spotty calcification was highly vulnerable in VH-IVUS and extensive plaque calcification with angiographic calcification had more dense calcium than those without angiography calcification.

TL;DR: The results support the important concept of local effects of cardiac adipose tissue on plaque vulnerability, and whether the PAT ratio is predictive of vulnerable plaques on CCTA or echo-attenuated plaque on IVUS.

TL;DR: A lower albumin level adds potentiating effects on IS as a prognostic factor for cardiovascular disease and significantly conferred an additive value to LVEF for predicting mortality.

TL;DR: Plaques with internal running VV in OCT had high plaque vulnerability with more intimal laceration, lipid-rich plaque, plaque rupture, thin-cap fibroatheroma, macrophage accumulation, and intraluminal thrombus, and they had high incidence of slow flow after stent implantation.