Plaque phenotype | Descriptive architecture | Total (percentage) | |
Ulceration 283 (82%) | Relationship to point of maximal stenosis (POMS) | Upstream to POMS | 261 (92%) |
At the POMS | 17 (6%) | ||
Downstream to POMS | 3 (1%) | ||
Upstream and at the POMS | 2 (1%) | ||
Necrotic core exposed to the blood stream | Present | 161 (57%) | |
Absent | 122 (43%) | ||
Intraplaque haemorrhage 233 (68%) | Coexistence of ulceration | Yes | 231 (99%) |
No | 2 (1%) | ||
Relationship to lumen | Contained | 89 (38%) | |
Exposed | 144 (62%) | ||
Relationship to ulceration | Contiguous | 215 (92%) | |
Apart | 18 (8%) | ||
N/A | 6 | ||
Relationship of haemorrhage to the downstream ending of a plaque | Not reaching | 159 (68%) | |
Reaching | 65 (28%) | ||
Extruding beyond the plaque ending into the lumen | 9 (4%) | ||
False lumen 165 (48%) | Associated with thrombus | Yes | 130 (79%) |
No | 35 (21%) | ||
Type | Blind ended | 130 (79%) | |
Fenestrated | 35 (21%) |