Assessment of coronary atherosclerosis progression and regression at bifurcations using combined IVUS and OCT

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 774-780

  Diletti, Roberto ^a,b   Garcia Garcia, Hector M ^a   Gomez Lara, Josep ^a   Brugaletta, Salvatore ^a   Wykrzykowska, Joanna J ^a   Van Ditzhuijzen, Nienke ^a   Van Geuns, Robert Jan ^a   Regar, Evelyn ^a   Ambrosio, Giuseppe ^b   Serruys, Patrick W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; bifurcations; imaging; optical coherence tomography; virtual histology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIFURCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; THICKNESS;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79960291864     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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