Optical Coherence Tomography Assessment of Coronary Lesions Associated With Microvascular Dysfunction in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Feng Xue, Xu Yishuo, Zeng Ming, Qin Yuhan, Weng Ziqian, Sun Yanli, Gao Zhanqun, He Luping, Zhao Chen, Wang Ning, Zhang Dirui, Wang Chao, Wang Yini, Li Lulu, Fang Chao, Dai Jiannan, Jia Haibo, Yu Bo

doi:10.1253/circj.cj-23-0200

Background: Microvascular reperfusion following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with the prognosis of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). We investigated how plaque characteristics detected by optical coherence tomography (OCT) in STEMI patients affect the status of the microcirculation during PCI.Methods and Results: This retrospective, single-center study was a post hoc analysis basedon the multicenter SALVAGE randomized control trial (NCT03581513) that enrolled 629 STEMI patients, and finally we enrolled 235 patients who underwent PCI and pre-intervention OCT. Microvascular perfusion was evaluated using the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) myocardial perfusion frame count (TMPFC). Patients were divided into 3 groups based on the change in TMPFC from before to after PCI: improving TMPFC (n=11; 4.7%), stable TMPFC (n=182; 77.4%), and worsening TMPFC group (n=42; 17.9%). The proportion of patients with a microcirculation dysfunction before reperfusion was 11.9%, which increased significantly by (P=0.079) 8.5% to 20.4% after reperfusion. Compared with plaque characteristics in the stable and worsening TMPFC groups, the improving TMPFC group had fewer thrombi (90.7% and 90.5% vs. 89.4%, respectively; P=0.018), a lower proportion of plaque rupture (66.5% and 66.3% vs. 54.5%, respectively; P=0.029), and a lower proportion of lipid-rich plaques (89.6% and 88.1% vs. 63.6%, respectively; P=0.036).Conclusions: PCI may not always achieve complete myocardial reperfusion. Thrombi, plaque rupture, and lipid-rich plaques detected by OCT can indicate microcirculation dysfunction during the reperfusion period.

Optical Coherence Tomography Assessment of Coronary Lesions Associated With Microvascular Dysfunction in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

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