Invasive imaging modalities, in particular intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical
coherence tomography (OCT), have become established tools for the in vivo study of …

Coronary artery disease remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the
United States. As a medical society, we continue to search for ways to better treat coronary …

Distilling more than ten years of experience with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS),
Intracoronary Ultrasound summarizes Dr Mintz's own experiences as well as published and …

Intravascular ultrasound is a catheter-based imaging modality that was developed to
investigate the condition of coronary arteries and assess the vulnerability of coronary …

Intravascular ultrasound uses a high-frequency, miniaturized, ultrasound transducer
positioned on the tip of a coronary catheter to provide detailed cross-sectional images of the …

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is an invasive tomographic imaging modality, providing
images of coronary arteries and other blood vessels. Over the last 20 years IVUS has …

Most acute coronary syndromes result from the rupture or erosion of high-risk plaques.
Clinical imaging studies have shown that atherosclerotic plaque formation and rupture are …

It has been more than 40 years since the first balloon angioplasty and 30 years since the first
stent implantation. Technical advances in devices and procedural techniques, along with …

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) provides precise anatomic information in coronary arteries
including quantitative measurements and morphological assessment. To standardize the …