Background: Malnutrition has a negative impact on patients with
arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD); however, only a few studies have
confirmed the effect of malnutrition on atherosclerosis. We aimed to investigate
the association between malnutrition and vulnerable plaques via optical coherence
tomography (OCT). Methods: Overall, 142 acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
patients were included in this study. Malnutrition was assessed using the
Controlled Nutritional Status Score (CONUT), and plaque vulnerability was
measured using OCT. Finally, patients were divided into four groups according to
their CONUT scores and body mass index (BMI)
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Association between Malnutrition and Coronary Plaque Characteristics in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study
Haihao Yan1, Wenjing Yao2, Qian Yang2, Congcong Li1, Zhenyu Wang1, Tianxing Li3, Yanhong Li1, Kexin Song1, Feifei Zhang2, Yi Dang2,*
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1
Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Hebei Medical University, 050017 Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
2
Department of Cardiology Center, Hebei General Hospital, 050051 Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
3
Department of Graduate School of Hebei North University, 075000 Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China
*Correspondence: dangyiemail@sina.com (Yi Dang)
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2023, 24(10), 303;
https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2410303
Submitted: 4 May 2023 | Revised: 3 July 2023 | Accepted: 11 July 2023 | Published: 23 October 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Cardiovascular Imaging)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract
Keywords
malnutrition
controlled nutritional status score
acute coronary syndrome
plaque characteristic
optical coherence tomography
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