The purpose of this study is to enhance medical knowledge of the causes of future coronary problems. Many studies in patients who have already experienced a coronary problem point to the danger associated with plaques that are rich in cholesterol. This study determines if the near-infrared method of detection of these fatty plaques can predict future events. If dangerous plaques can be identified, there are many treatments already available that could be tested for their ability to prevent coronary events.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,563
Diagnostic Imaging Catheter
Number of Participants Stratified as Non-Index Culprit Lesion Related Major Adverse Cardiac Events (NC-MACE) or No NC-MACE and Association With maxLCBI4mm as a Continuous Variable
Association of maximum 4 mm Lipid Core Burden Index (maxLCBI4mm) as a continuous value in 100 unit increments in all imaged arteries and NC-MACE at both (1) Patient Level and (2) Plaque Level Non-Index Culprit Lesion related Major Adverse Cardiac Events (NC-MACE) is defined as a composite of: * cardiac death * cardiac arrest * non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) * acute coronary syndrome * revascularization by coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous intervention (PCI) * rehospitalization for progressive angina, related to a non-index culprit lesion
Time frame: 2 years
Number of Participants Stratified as NC-MACE or No NC-MACE and Association With maxLCBI4mm More Than a Threshold of 400
Association of maxLCBI4mm more than and less than a threshold of 400 in all imaged arteries and NC-MACE at both (1) Patient Level and (2) Plaque Level Non-Index Culprit Lesion related Major Adverse Cardiac Events (NC-MACE) is defined as a composite of: * cardiac death * cardiac arrest * non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) * acute coronary syndrome * revascularization by coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous intervention (PCI) * rehospitalization for progressive angina, related to a non-index culprit lesion
Time frame: 2 years
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