Multicenter assessment of the reproducibility of volumetric radiofrequency-based intravascular ultrasound measurements in coronary lesions that were consecutively stented

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1867-1878

  Huisman, Jennifer ^a   Egede, Rasmus ^b   Rdzanek, Adam ^c   Böse, Dirk ^d   Erbel, Raimund ^d   Kochman, Janusz ^c   Jensen, Lisette Okkels ^b   Van Der Palen, Job ^e,f   Hartmann, Marc ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^g   Von Birgelen, Clemens ^a,f  

^a Thoraxcentrum Twente ^*  (Netherlands)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Central University Hospital   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^e MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^g CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Intravascular ultrasound; Measurement reproducibility; Percutaneous coronary interventions; Radiofrequency; Virtual histology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; AUTOMATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84870520621     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-012-0011-y     Document Type: Article

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