Optical coherence tomography (OCT): Potential of a new high-resolution intracoronary imaging technique

Herz

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 496-500

  Gerckens, Ulrich ^a   Buellesfeld, Lutz ^a   McNamara, Edward ^b   Grube, Eberhard ^a  

^a Heart Center Siegburg   (Germany)

^b LightLab Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Imaging technique; OCT; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISSECTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTIMA; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; STENT; THROMBOSIS; THROMBUS; TISSUE FLAP;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FORECASTING; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0141955000     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-003-2485-9     Document Type: Article

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