Frequency and spatial distribution of thin-cap fibroatheroma assessed by 3-vessel intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography - An ex vivo validation and an initial in vivo feasibility study

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1086-1091

  Kume, Teruyoshi ^a   Okura, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamada, Ryotaro ^a   Kawamoto, Takahiro ^a   Watanabe, Nozomi ^a   Neishi, Yoji ^a   Sadahira, Yoshito ^a   Akasaka, Takashi ^b   Yoshida, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Imaging; Intravascular ultrasound; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 67649856538     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0733     Document Type: Article

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