Plaque erosion is a predictable clinical entity and tailored management in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Diagnostic intravascular imaging [i.e., intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), optical coherence tomography (OCT), and coronary angioscopy (CAS)] have been used to assess the coronary artery atherosclerosis to detect stable, unstable and vulnerable plaques in the patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).