In Vivo Comparison of Optical Coherence Tomography and Angioscopy for the Evaluation of Coronary Plaque Characteristics

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-476

  Takano, Masamichi ^a   Jang, Ik Kyung ^b   Inami, Shigenobu ^a   Yamamoto, Masanori ^a   Murakami, Daisuke ^a   Okamatsu, Kentaro ^a   Seimiya, Koji ^a   Ohba, Takayoshi ^a   Mizuno, Kyoichi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THICKNESS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 38849108719     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.09.106     Document Type: Article

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