The Axial Distribution of Lesion-Site Atherosclerotic Plaque Components: An In Vivo Volumetric Intravascular Ultrasound Radio-Frequency Analysis of Lumen Stenosis, Necrotic Core and Vessel Remodeling

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 550-557

  Kaple, Ryan K ^a   Maehara, Akiko ^a   Sano, Koichi ^a   Missel, Eduardo ^a   Castellanos, Celia ^a   Tsujita, Kenichi ^a   Fahy, Martin ^a   Moses, Jeffrey W ^a   Stone, Gregg W ^a   Leon, Martin B ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary disease; Intravascular ultrasound; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES; AXIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; COMPONENT DISTRIBUTIONS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; IN-VIVO; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERIES; MULTI-LAYERED; RADIO FREQUENCIES; REMODELING; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERIES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CALCIUM; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STENOSIS;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 62849119516     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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