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ArticleCardiology journal2021

The influence of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol on maximal lipid core burden indexing thin cap fibrous atheroma lesions as assessed by near infrared spectroscopy.

Magdalena M Dobrolińska, Paweł Gąsior, Wojciech Wańha, Przemysław Pietraszewski, Elżbieta Pociask, Grzegorz Smolka, Wojciech Wojakowski, Tomasz Roleder

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Article in Cardiology journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Lipid-rich plaque density and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in statin-treated versus statin-naïve patients: a post hoc analysis of the LRP study.EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2022
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Magdalena M DobrolińskaDivision of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Paweł GąsiorDivision of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Wojciech WańhaDivision of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Przemysław PietraszewskiDepartment of Sports Theory, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, Poland.
Elżbieta PociaskDepartment of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland.
Grzegorz SmolkaDivision of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Wojciech WojakowskiDivision of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Tomasz RolederRegional Specialist Hospital, Research and Development Center, Wroclaw, Poland. tomaszroleder@gmail.com.
Medical University of Silesia · PLAGH University of Krakow · PLAkademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach · PLŁukasiewicz Research Network – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrevious studies suggest that higher plasma concentrations of several lipid molecules are associated with higher lipid core burden index (LCBI) near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) imaging. The aim of this study was to investigate whether an association between plasma lipids depends on plaque morphology (thin cap fibrous atheroma [TCFA] vs. non-TFCA) as measured by near-infrared spectroscopy-intravascular ultrasound (NIRS-IVUS).

methodsSixty-four patients retrospectively enrolled were diagnosed with stable coronary artery disease or acute coronary syndrome who underwent NIRS-IVUS imaging. Before percutaneous coronary intervention, blood samples were collected for measurement of serum levels of total cholesterol (TC), lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglycerides (TG). Patients were divided into two groups based on maxLCBI4mm and IVUS imaging. Those with maxLCBI4mm ≥ 323 were included into TCFA group (n = 35) while others were assigned to the non-TCFA group (n = 29).

resultsThin cap fibrous atheroma lesions were significantly longer than the non-TCFA lesions (25.66 ± 9.56 vs. 17.03 ± 9.22, p = 0.001). TCFA characterizes greater plaque burden (78.4 [70.9, 82.2] vs. 72.70 [64.77, 76,05]; p = 0.021) and plaque volume (176.1 [110.75, 247.5] vs. 68.1 [55.58, 143.35]; p = 0.000) as compared to non-TCFA. In TCFA suspected lesions, there was no correlation between max-LCBI4mm and LDL levels (r = 0.105, p = 0.549) nor TC levels (r = -0.035, p = 0.844) but a negative correlation was found between HDL-C and maxLCBI4mm (r = -0.453, p = 0.007).

conclusionsThe present study showed that there was no correlation between plasma LDL-C, TC and TG level and the amount of lipids in coronary plaque assessed by NIRS in both TCFA and non-TCFA groups. Only HDL-C correlated with maxLCBI4mm in TCFA lesions.

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Coronary Artery DiseasePlaque, AtheroscleroticCholesterol, HDLCoronary AngiographyCoronary VesselsFibrosisHumansPredictive Value of TestsRetrospective StudiesSpectroscopy, Near-InfraredUltrasonography, InterventionalCholesterol, HDLlipid plasma levelsNIRS-IVUS

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PMID31909469
PMCPMC8747829
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