Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes

Figure 2

Plaque erosion. Erosion (arrowhead) is usually comprised of OCT evidence of thrombi (arrows), an irregular luminal surface, and no evidence of cap rupture evaluated in multiple adjacent frames. The characteristic of OCT features of erosions are a thick intima and a small or absent lipid core. If the lipid core is present, it does not communicate with luminal thrombi.