Smoking is associated with high incidence of cardiovascular events including acute coronary syndrome. We sought to characterize coronary plaques in patients with ongoing smoking using optical coherence tomography (OCT) compared…
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) levels are inversely associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Associations between these HDL-C–related measurements and coronary plaque progression have not been studied. We…
The therapeutic potential of vorapaxar in patients with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is unknown. This prespecified analysis of a postrandomization subgroup evaluated the effects…
The outcomes of hemodynamic support during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention in the very elderly are unknown. We sought to compare outcomes between the patients ≥80 years versus patients <80 years enrolled in…
