Intracoronary imaging modalities for vulnerable plaques

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 340-351

  Kato, Koji ^a   Yasutake, Masahiro ^b   Yonetsu, Taishi ^a   Kim, Soo Joong ^a,c   Xing, Lei ^a   Kratlian, Christina M ^a   Takano, Masamichi ^d   Mizuno, Kyoichi ^b   Jang, Ik Kyung ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angioscopy; Integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound (IB IVUS); Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH IVUS); Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOSCOPY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MACROPHAGE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBUS; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND;

ANGIOSCOPY; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 83755172915     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.78.340     Document Type: Review

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