Reproducibility of intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis (virtual histology) with a 45-MHz rotational imaging catheter in ex vivo human coronary arteries

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 134-142

  Muramatsu, Takashi ^a,b   García García, Hector M ^a,c   Brugaletta, Salvatore ^d   Heo, Jung Ho ^e   Onuma, Yoshinobu ^a   Fedewa, Russell J ^f   Nair, Anuja ^g   Ozaki, Yukio ^b   Serruys, Patrick W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CARDIALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e Kosin University   (South Korea)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Volcano Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Ex vivo; Intravascular ultrasound; Reproducibility; Virtual histology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; EX VIVO STUDY; GEOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING CATHETER; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND RADIOFREQUENCY DATA ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; PLAQUE AREA; PLAQUE BURDEN; RADIOFREQUENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIRTUAL REALITY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; ROTATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARDIAC CATHETERS; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84922700211     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: 18764738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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