This protocol describes a pilot study intended to test the hypothesis that patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) caused by plaque erosion can be stabilized by effective antithrombotic treatment without stent implantation, thereby avoiding both early and late complications related to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
250
The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Reduction of thrombus burden by OCT
The efficacy will be assessed by 50% reduction in thrombus burden by OCT at 1 month.
Time frame: 30 days
Cardiovascular adverse events
In patients treated conservatively, the safety objectives are to evaluate the occurrence of any adverse events during1 month follow up (re-infarction, re-hospitalization, revascularization by PCI or CABG, cardiac death, stoke, and major bleeding).
Time frame: 30 days and 12 months
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