The IVUS features of coronary atherosclerosis plaque in unstable angina patients and prediction value of TIMI risk score on it
Objective To explore the prediction value of TIMI risk score on the degree of coronary artery stenosis in patients with UAP according to IVUS. Methods 78 patients with UAP underwent IVUS in study, and then were evaluated with TIMI risk score. They were divided into three different groups according to TIMI risk score. Three groups were evaluated with the relationship of differrent TIMI risk scores and charater of atherosclerotic plaque, LA, PA, PA/EA and EL Results The LA, PA and El were significantly differrent in low score group and high score group, and the PA/EA had statistically significant difference in the three groups. Conclusions High score group of TIMI risk score is closely related to charater of atherosclerotic plaque, EA,PA,PA/EA,EI of coronary artery, and plaque burden has the most important value in predicting the disease of pathological coronary artery.