Original InvestigationHealed Culprit Plaques in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes
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Key Words
coronary vulnerability
healed plaques
inflammation
layered plaques
optical coherence tomography
subclinical thrombosis
Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACS
acute coronary syndromes
MGH
Massachusetts General Hospital
MI
myocardial infarction
NSTE-ACS
non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes
OCT
optical coherence tomography
STEMI
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
TCFA
thin cap fibroatheroma
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Dr. Fujimoto has received royalties from intellectual property owned by MIT. All other authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose. Khaled M. Ziada, MD, served as Guest Associate Editor for this paper.
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