Coronary CT angiographic characteristics of culprit lesions in acute coronary syndromes not related to plaque rupture as defined by optical coherence tomography and angioscopy

Abstract

In contrast to the situation with RFC-ACS, distinct culprit lesion characteristics associated with non-rupture-related mechanisms are not identified by CT angiography. It will therefore not be possible to differentiate plaques likely to develop IFC-ACS from stable plaques.