Colocalization of plaque macrophages and calcification in coronary plaques as detected by optical coherence tomography predicts cardiovascular outcome

Cardiol J. 2020;27(3):303-306. doi: 10.5603/CJ.a2020.0075. Epub 2020 May 21.

Authors

Mathias Burgmaier¹, Andrea Milzi¹, Rosalia Dettori¹, Kathrin Burgmaier², Martin Hellmich³, Mohammad Almalla¹, Nikolaus Marx¹, Sebastian Reith⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen, Pauwelstr. 30, 52062, Germany.
² Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Germany.
³ Institute of Medical Statistics and Computational Biology (IMSB), University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Germany.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen, Pauwelstr. 30, 52062, Germany. sreith@ukaachen.de.

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MeSH terms

Aged
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Artery Disease / mortality
Coronary Artery Disease / pathology
Coronary Artery Disease / therapy
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Vessels / pathology
Female
Heart Disease Risk Factors
Humans
Macrophages / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Time Factors
Tomography, Optical Coherence*
Vascular Calcification / diagnostic imaging*
Vascular Calcification / mortality
Vascular Calcification / pathology
Vascular Calcification / therapy