Background Plaque rupture and erosion are the 2 most common mechanisms for acute
coronary syndromes. However, the outcome of these 2 distinct pathologies in patients with …

Background The EROSION (Effective Anti‐Thrombotic Therapy Without Stenting:
Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography‐Based Management in Plaque Erosion) study …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to characterize the morphological features of plaque
erosion and calcified nodule in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) by optical …

Importance Patients with culprit plaque rupture are known to have pancoronary plaque
vulnerability. However, the characteristics of nonculprit plaques in patients with acute …

Background The EROSION study demonstrated that patients with an acute coronary
syndrome (ACS) caused by plaque erosion could be treated with antithrombotic therapy …

Aims Plaque erosion, compared with plaque rupture, has distinctly different underlying
pathology and therefore may merit tailored therapy. In this study, we aimed to assess …

Background Plaque erosion is responsible for 25% to 40% of patients with acute coronary
syndromes (ACS). Recent studies suggest that anti‐thrombotic therapy without stenting may …

For several decades, most physicians have believed that acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is
caused by coronary thrombosis resulting from rupture of vulnerable plaque characterized by …

Background: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is caused by coronary plaque rupture (PR),
plaque erosion (PE), or calcified nodule (CN). We used optical coherence tomography …

Background—The initial EROSION study (Effective Anti-Thrombotic Therapy Without
Stenting: Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography–Based Management in Plaque …