Ultrasound and light: Friend or foe? On the role of intravascular ultrasound in the era of optical coherence tomography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-214

  Huisman, Jennifer ^a   Hartmann, Marc ^a   Birgelen, Clemensvon ^a,b  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial remodeling; Biodegradable vascular scaffolds; Coronary atherosclerosis; Drug eluting stent; Intravascular ultrasound; Optical coherence tomography; Progression regression; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79961186856     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9797-2     Document Type: Review

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