Imaging Markers of High-Risk Plaque Phenotype for Predicting Post-PCI Outcomes

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. patients whose PCI within 30 days after CCTA was performed on an emergency basis;
• •2. elevated cardiac troponin levels within the 3 months preceding PCI;
• •3. inadequate CCTA image quality;
• •4. balloon-only or mixed stent/balloon PCI strategies;
• •5. PCI for non-atherosclerotic lesions (e.g., in-stent restenosis, spontaneous coronary dissection);
• •6. history of coronary artery bypass grafting;
• •7. heart failure;
• •8. non-ischemic cardiomyopathy;
• •9. significant valvular heart disease;
• •10. refractory hypertension;
• •11. persistent atrial fibrillation.