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Real World Paradigm for the Real World Paradigm for the Identification of Vulnerable Plaque Identification of Vulnerable Plaque
and Vulnerable Patientsand Vulnerable PatientsAngioplasty Summit Angioplasty Summit –– SeoulSeoul
April 28, 2005April 28, 2005James R. Margolis, MD
Miami International Cardiology ConsultantsMiami, Florida USA
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Mild lesions are not always what they appear to be:
In the coronary arteries, things may not be as nice as they seem. . .
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Heart Disease is Still #1 Killer
• Over one million Americans die from cardiovascular each year, one/minute.
• Cardiovascular disease is the largest cause of hospitalization in the U.S., accounting for $26 billion in Medicare expenditures.
• Based on previous research, 80% of these attacks can be attributed to vulnerable plaque.
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Vascular Events and Atherosclerosis • Vascular events in AMI patients are determined by local pre-event
lesion histopathology.• Plaque ruptures usually occur in the proximal 1/3 of coronary
arteries.• 84% of MI’s are caused by lesions <70% occlusive.• In acute MI, 20% of culprit arteries have multiple ruptured plaques.
– 75% of plaques causing acute MI and Sudden Death have ruptured multiple times.
– 50% of plaque ruptures are clinically unrecognized.• 7% of IVUS based intermediate lesions lead to death within a year. • Multiple complex plaques at the time of MI purport a bad prognosis.
– 54% of patients have repeat catheterization within a year.– 19% of patients have a non-culprit artery related event in one year.
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PCI
• PCI is effective in treating symptomatic disease.• Except in acute myocardial infarction, PCI has
never been shown to reduce mortality.• Lesions routinely treated with PCI are not the
ones that cause most MI and sudden death.• Vulnerable lesions can be suspected by
angiography and IVUS.• To date, we have not had the tools or vision to
know which lesions to treat and how to treat them.
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The Vulnerable PlaqueThe Vulnerable Plaque
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The “Vulnerable” Coronary PlaqueThin cap fibroatheroma with necrotic core
The “Vulnerable” Coronary PlaqueThin cap fibroatheroma with necrotic core
Necrotic core
Fibrous Cap
Lumen
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What if We CouldWhat if We Could……??• Quickly and accurately predict the
composition of an atherosclerotic artery?– Calcium– Fibrous tissue– Fibro-lipidic tissue– Lipid necrosis
• Risk stratify the treatment of intermediate lesions?
• Identify early stage disease and provide guidance for additional diagnostic needs and systemic therapy?
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Virtual Histology• IVUS-based tissue
characterization merged with novel border detectionand analysis software.
• 10 year development effort: Collaboration between The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Volcano Therapeutics.
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Virtual Histology™ IVUSGray-scale IVUS uses only the envelope amplitude (echo intensity) in formation of the image
Frequency of echo signal can also vary, depending on the tissue…
Investigational Use Only
Virtual Histology Virtual Histology uses both echo uses both echo Amplitude Amplitude ANDANDFrequencyFrequency
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Virtual Histology™ IVUS
IVUS SignalPost Processing SignalsInvestigational Use Only
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Teaching the Computer
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Virtual Histology™ IVUS
Dense CalciumFibrousFibro-fattyNecrotic Core
Different frequencies correspond to different types of tissue.
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Progression of AtherosclerosisVirmani et al Arterioslerosis Thromb Vasc Biol 2002:20;1262
Intimal Xanthoma,Lipidstreaks
Intimal thickening
PathologicIntimal thickening
SUPERFICIAL EROSION
Healing Thrombosis
SUDDEN DEATH
Thin FibrousCap Atheroma =inflamed, lipidrich necrotic core
RUPTURE
Calcified Nodule
Thrombosis Healing
SUDDEN DEATH
Fibrocalcific plaque
Fibrous CapAtheroma
CL
CL
SUDDEN DEATH
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Progression of AtherosclerosisModified from Virmani et al Arterioslerosis Thromb Vasc Biol 2002:20;1262
Intimal thickening
Pathologicintimal thickening
SUPERFICIAL EROSION
Healing Thrombosis
Intimal Xanthoma,Lipidstreaks
Fibrous CapAtheroma
Thin FibrousCap Atheroma with
inflamed, lipid-rich necrotic core
Fibrocalcific plaque
Calcified Nodule
RUPTURE
Thrombosis Healing
SUDDEN DEATHSUDDEN DEATH SUDDEN DEATH
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Grey ScaleGrey Scalevs.vs.
Virtual HistologyVirtual Histologyvs.vs.
HistopathologyHistopathology
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1b4 Grey scale
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Histo-GS-VHDense Calcium
Necrotic Core
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Ability of Gray Scale IVUS to Differentiate Plaque Morphologies
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The Vulnerable PatientThe Vulnerable Patient
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Factors Connoting High-risk for Coronary Events• Traditional risk factors
– Hyperlipidemia– Hypertension– Diabetes– Obesity– Smoking
• Biomarkers– Metabolic syndrome– Insulin resistance– Certain lipid disorders (high LDL IVb, low HDL 2b)– Multiple risk factors for inflammation (CRP, elevations of
multiple antibodies)• Clinical Markers
– Positive perfusion scans– Very high Calcium scores
• Previous events:– Several lesions at time of coronary event.– Intermediate lesions in proximal arteries.
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Most MIs Arise From Smaller, Non flow-limiting Stenoses
68%
18% 14%
0
20
40
60
80
<50% 50%–70% >70%% Stenosis% Stenosis
Percent of MI
Patients
Percent of MI
Patients
Adapted from Falk et al. Circulation 1995; 92:657–671.
PCICABG
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Normal Stary II - III IV V or VI a - c
Plaque Size: 20 % 20 % 45 % 70 % 90 %
Adapted from Erbel R et al. Deutsches Ärzteblatt 1999
How to Diagnose Coronary Atherosclerosis at a Pre-Clinical
State? StressStress--ECGECG
StressStress--EchocardiographyEchocardiography
Nuclear Perfusion ImagingNuclear Perfusion Imaging
Positron Emission TomographyPositron Emission Tomography
Functional testing
Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging
Coronary AngiographyInvasive
Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance ImagingNon invasive
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Radiographic Calcium• Fluoroscopic calcium predicts not only the presence of
significant coronary artery disease, but also portends a poor prognosis.1– Five year survival for patients with calcification only 58%.
• Calcium score by CT predicts presence of significant coronary artery disease with or without critical stenoses.– Calcium scores > 1,000 associated with 25% annualized rate
of hard coronary events (MI and Death).2
• Absence of calcium on CT portends an excellent prognosis even in the presence of serious risk factors.3
2Wayhs R; Zelinger A, Raggi P; High coronary artery calcium scores pose an extremely elevated risk for hard events. J ACC 2002;39:225-30
1Margolis JR; Chen JT; Kong Y; Peter RH; Behar VS; Kisslo JA: The diagnostic and prognostic significance of coronary artery calcification. A report of 800 cases. Radiology 1980 137:609-16
3 Raggi P; Shaw LJ; Berman DS; Callister TQ:Prognostic value of coronary artery calcium screening in subjects with and without diabetes. JACC 2004;43:1663-9
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Why Calcium Accumulates Into Plaques• Inflammation
– Inflamed cells (red) die and dump their calcium in the extracellular space leading to microcalcification.
– Scattered calcification (white) accumulates in areas of lipid necrosis (red).
– Microcalcification aggregates into larger, focal sites of dense calcium (red with Ca, +/-reverberations).
• Intramural hemorrhage leads to dense calcification.CALCIUM IS A MARKER OF INFLAMMATION AND PLAQUE RUPTURE.
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Virtual Histology Can Differentiate Virtual Histology Can Differentiate Between Low and High Risk Between Low and High Risk Lesions in These Patients?Lesions in These Patients?
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Stable Lesions(Fibrotic Plaque)
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Histopathology of Early and Intermediate Stage Lesions
Pathological Intimal ThickeningLipid Streaking
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Histopathology of Early and Intermediate Stage Lesions
(Fibrocalcific Plaque)
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Histopathology of Early Stage and Intermediate Lesions
(Fibro-atheroma)
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Acute Culprit Lesions(Prominent
necrotic core)
M-OA
M-LC
A-WJ
Unstable
E-KK M-UM
E-IM E-JS
A-MK
RECENT MI
UNSTABLE ANGINA
UNSTABLE ANGINAJust proximal to stented lesion
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How do we identify patients who are at high-risk for Myocardial Infarction and Sudden Death?
• Study high-risk patient populations – DM– Insulin resistance– Metabolic syndrome– High Framingham scores
• Do EBCT or MSCT– Study patients with high calcium scores
• Study high risk, INTERMEDIATE lesions.– Improve our understanding of atherosclerosis progression.– Try to identify therapeutic benefit of systemic medication.
• Correlate high-risk lipid profile and Virtual Histology– Try to understand effect of plaque composition on future
events.
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Paradigm for the Identification of Vulnerable Plaque and Vulnerable Patients
Positive Risk Factors
Multi-slice CT
High Calcium Score
Low Calcium Score
Risk Factor Modification
Coronary Angiography IVUS and VH
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We cannot always control the forces of Nature. . .
Satellite photo Typhoon Tokage
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Dense CalciumFibrousFibro-fattyNecrotic core
But identifying the problem in advance may mitigate adverse effects. . .
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We may never be able to control typhoons, but there are many potential ways to prevent plaque rupture.
• Systemic therapy:– Statins– Drugs to raise HDL and change particle size– Anti-inflammatory medications– Antibiotics
• Interventions:– Plaque sealing with DES– Bioabsorbable stents– Intracoronary application of medication
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Are We Justified in Stenting Are We Justified in Stenting Intermediate Lesions?Intermediate Lesions?
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Questions to Answer Before Stenting Intermediate Lesions
• Is intermediate plaque likely to rupture?
• Do we have effective RX– Is it safe?– Is it durable?
• What are the risks?
• Check biomarkers/tissue characteristics
• Drug Eluting Stents– Short-term yes– If deployed properly
• Late SAT
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Positive Risk Factors
Multi-slice CT
High Calcium Score
Low Calcium Score
Risk Factor Reduction
Coronary Angiography IVUS and VH
Plaque Sealing + Systemic Therapy
Future Paradigm for the Identification and Treatment and Treatment of Vulnerable Plaque and Vulnerable Patients?