Intravascular imaging of atherosclerotic human coronaries in a porcine model: A feasibility study

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-44

  Waxman, Sergio ^a,d   Khabbaz, Kamal ^a   Connolly, Raymond ^a   Tang, Jing ^b   Dabreo, Alexandra ^a   Egerhei, Lara ^a   Ishibashi, Fumiyuki ^a   Muller, James E ^b   Tearney, Guillermo M ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INFRAREDX INC   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Catheters; Imaging; Myocardial infarction; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CADAVER; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SWINE; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 37249004334     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-007-9227-7     Document Type: Article

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