The role of virtual histology intravascular ultrasound in the identification of coronary artery plaque vulnerability in acute coronary syndromes

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 303-309

  Sinclair, Hannah ^a,b   Veerasamy, Murugapathy ^a,b   Bourantas, Christos ^b   Egred, Mohaned ^a,b   Nair, Anuja ^c,d   Calvert, Patrick A ^e   Brugaletta, Salvatore ^f   Mintz, Gary S ^g   Kunadian, Vijay ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Volcano Corporation   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; intravascular imaging; intravascular ultrasound; percutaneous coronary intervention; VH IVUS; vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY PLAQUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALIDATION STUDY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84958824484     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: 15384683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CRD.0000000000000100     Document Type: Review

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