A new methodology for accurate 3-dimensional coronary artery reconstruction using routine intravascular ultrasound and angiographic data: Implications for widespread assessment of endothelial shear stress in humans

EuroIntervention

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 582-593

  Bourantas, Christos V ^a   Papafaklis, Michail I ^b   Athanasiou, Lambros ^c   Kalatzis, Fanis G ^c   Naka, Katerina K ^d   Siogkas, Panagiotis K ^c   Takahashi, Saeko ^e   Saito, Shigeru ^e   Fotiadis, Dimitrios I ^c   Feldman, Charles L ^a   Stone, Peter H ^a   Michalis, Lampros K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e SHONAN KAMAKURA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 dimensional coronary artery reconstruction; Coronary angiography; Endothelial shear stress; Intravascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIAL SHEAR STRESS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84884737180     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV9I5A94     Document Type: Article

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