A CORRELATIVE STUDY OF NIRS LIPID CORE BURDEN INDEX VERSUS HISTOLOGICAL PLAQUE DISEASE ARC IN HUMAN CORONARY AUTOPSY SPECIMENS

Recent analysis of the PROSPECT study found plaque disease arc via transverse IVUS to be an additional independent predictor of non-culprit lesion MACE; however, the AUC observed was low (0.64). Utilizing a similar disease arc concept, a histological study was analyzed for correlation with NIRS