Additive Value of Integrated Backscatter IVUS for Detection of Vulnerable Plaque by Optical Frequency Domain Imaging: An Ex Vivo Autopsy Study of Human Coronary Arteries

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 163-172

  Nakano, Masataka ^a   Yahagi, Kazuyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Hirosada ^b   Taniwaki, Masanori ^c   Otsuka, Fumiyuki ^a   Ladich, Elena R ^a   Joner, Michael ^a   Virmani, Renu ^a  

^a CVPATH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

histology; integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound; optical frequency domain imaging; thin cap fibroatheroma; vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MACROPHAGE; MALE; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN CAP FIBROATHEROMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RUPTURE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL IMAGING; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84953295879     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.07.011     Document Type: Article

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