Optical coherence tomography: An arrow in our quiver

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 539-541

  Giannopoulos, Andreas ^a   Chatzizisis, Yiannis S ^a   Giannoglou, George D ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; optical coherence tomography; vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY LESION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BIREFRINGENCE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EDITORIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MACROPHAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRESS; STENT THROMBOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; SHEAR STRENGTH; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84861860448     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.12.44     Document Type: Editorial

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