In Vivo Assessment of High-Risk Coronary Plaques at Bifurcations With Combined Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 473-482

  Gonzalo, Nieves ^a   Garcia Garcia, Hector M ^a   Regar, Evelyn ^a   Barlis, Peter ^a   Wentzel, Jolanda ^a   Onuma, Yoshinobu ^a   Ligthart, Jurgen ^a   Serruys, Patrick W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bifurcation; high risk coronary plaques; IVUS virtual histology; optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; NECROSIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 64149126446     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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