Tissue characterisation of atherosclerotic plaque in the left main: An in vivo intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis

EuroIntervention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-352

  Mercado, Nestor ^a   Moe, Tabitha G ^a   Pieper, Michael ^b   House, John A ^a   Dolla, William J ^a   Seifert, Lindsey ^a   Stolker, Joshua M ^c   Lindsey, Jason B ^a   Kennedy, Kevin F ^a   Marso, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Herzzentrum Bodensee ^*  (Switzerland)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IVUS; Plaque rupture; Virtual histology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHENOTYPE; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 80355145175     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV7I3A59     Document Type: Article

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