Insights into the spatial distribution of lipid-rich plaques in relation to coronary artery bifurcations: An in-vivo optical coherence tomography study

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 133-141

  Jia, Haibo ^a,b,d   Hu, Sining ^a,b,d   Uemura, Shiro ^e   Park, Seung Jung ^f   Jang, Yangsoo ^g   Prasad, Abhiram ^h   Lee, Stephen ^c   Soeda, Tsunenari ^d   Abtahian, Farhad ^d   Vergallo, Rocco ^d   Tian, Jinwei ^a,b,d   Lee, Hang ^d   Stone, Peter H ^d   Yu, Bo ^a,b   Jang, Ik Kyung ^d  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Yonsei University Health System   (South Korea)

^h ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bifurcation; distribution; optical coherence tomography; vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BIFURCATION SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BIFURCATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW DIVIDER; FREQUENCY DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING CATHETER; IN VIVO STUDY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIPID STORAGE; MAIN BRANCH SIDE PROXIMAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPPOSITE FLOW DIVIDER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE BRANCH SIDE PROXIMAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84922986803     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: 14735830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000000188     Document Type: Article

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