Background Unheralded sudden death and acute myocardial infarction are common
manifestations of coronary atherosclerosis. Such events are related to thrombotic occlusion …

BACKGROUND: Identification of subclinical high-risk plaques is potentially important
because they may have greater likelihood of rupture and subsequent thrombosis. The …

Aims We hypothesized that the plaque composition and plaque type classification differs
between acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and stable angina (SA) patients. Methods and …

Background: Virtual histology (VH) uses intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) radiofrequency
spectral analysis to locally identify the morphology and composition of atherosclerotic …

Objectives (i) To explore the relation between greyscale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)
plaque qualitative classification and IVUS radiofrequency data (RFD) analysis tissue …

Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are thought to have multiple vulnerable
coronary plaques. We analyzed non-culprit plaques in patients with ACS vs. stable angina …

OBJECTIVES: We used virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) to investigate
the characteristics of culprit lesions in acute coronary syndromes (ACS). BACKGROUND …

AIM: To investigate age-and gender-related differences in non-culprit versus culprit coronary
vessels assessed with virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS). METHODS: In …

Aims To evaluate the plaque composition obtained by virtual histology (VH) IVUS according
to the clinical presentation and to compare those data to previously published …

BACKGROUND: The risk of rupture and subsequent thrombosis of the atherosclerotic
coronary plaques is related to the presence of necrotic core with high lipid content. We …