Expert review document on methodology, terminology, and clinical applications of optical coherence tomography: Physical principles, methodology of image acquisition, and clinical application for assessment of coronary arteries and atherosclerosis

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 401-415

  Prati, Francesco ^a   Regar, Evelyn ^b   Mintz, Gary S ^c   Arbustini, Eloisa ^d   Di Mario, Carlo ^e   Jang, Ik Kyung ^f   Akasaka, Takashi ^g   Costa, Marco ^h   Guagliumi, Giulio ⁱ   Grube, Eberhard ^j   Ozaki, Yukio ^k   Pinto, Fausto ^l   Serruys, Patrick W J ^b  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^e ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Cleveland FES Centre   (United States)

ⁱ Spedali Riuniti   (Italy)

^j Heart Center Siegburg   (Germany)

^k FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

Angioplasty; Atherosclerosis; Intravascular imaging; OCT

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CREATINE KINASE MB; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IODIXANOL;

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECG ABNORMALITY; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; QT PROLONGATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THROMBOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CALCINOSIS; CALIBRATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77249092502     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp433     Document Type: Review

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