OCT for the identification of vulnerable plaque in acute coronary syndrome

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 198-209

  Sinclair, Hannah ^a,b   Bourantas, Christos ^b   Bagnall, Alan ^b   Mintz, Gary S ^c   Kunadian, Vijay ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; coronary artery disease; intravascular imaging; optical coherence tomography; percutaneous intervention

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CELL INFILTRATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIABETES MELLITUS; FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; KIDNEY DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; COMPLICATION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; PATHOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PROCEDURES;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84923084456     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.12.005     Document Type: Review

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