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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings, which are high-resolution intracoronary imaging devices, were analyzed in patients with preintervention OCT and compared between patients living alone (n\u2009=\u2009174) versus those living with others (n\u2009=\u2009665).<\/jats:p><jats:p>Older (median; 69 vs. 67 y, p\u2009=\u20090.046) and female (31 vs. 17%, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) patients more frequently lived alone. Frequency of achieving a time interval of 6\u2009hours or less from ACS onset to admission was lower in patients living alone (56 vs. 63%, p\u2009=\u20090.022). Clinical presentation was more severe in patients living alone (Killip II\/III\/IV; 27 vs. 22%, p\u2009=\u20090.029). Plaque morphology evaluated by OCT was similar between groups (plaque rapture; 48 vs. 48%, p\u2009=\u20090.171). Kaplan\u2013Meier analyses revealed higher rates of cardiac mortality during 2-year follow-up period in patients living alone [13.9 vs. 8.5%, hazard ratio (HR) 1.604, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.112\u20132.313, p\u2009=\u20090.010]. After traditional cardiovascular risk factors and clinical severity upon admission had been adjusted, living alone was an independent predictor of cardiac mortality in ACS patients (HR 1.582, 95% CI 1.056\u20132.371, p\u2009=\u20090.026). Living alone was independently associated with 2-year cardiacmortality in ACS patients after adjusting for background and presentation and might be unrelated to the development of atherosclerosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0043-1767697","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,12]],"date-time":"2023-04-12T22:59:02Z","timestamp":1681340342000},"page":"179-187","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Comparisons of Patients Living Alone versus Living with Others in Acute Coronary Syndrome"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"32","author":[{"given":"Yusaku","family":"Shibata","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Intensive Care Unit, Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Chiba, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6757-4779","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nobuaki","family":"Kobayashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiovascular Center, 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