TCT-318 Near-infrared Spectroscopy-derived Maximum Lipid Core Burden Index in the Culprit Plaque of Patients with ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction Increases with Age

The majority of plaques that cause acute coronary syndromes leading to sudden death, have in post mortem studies been found to contain cholesterol and other lipids. It is now possible to study coronary lipid accumulation in vivo with the technique of combined near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and