Plaque components at coronary sites with focal spasm in patients with variant angina: virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound analysis

YJ Hong, MH Jeong, YH Choi, EH Ma, JS Ko… - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: We compared the plaque components at coronary sites with focal spasm
after ergonovine provocation test in 30 variant angina (VA) patients with those at culprit …

Plaque morphology at coronary sites with focal spasm in variant angina study using intravascular ultrasound

S Saito, M Yamagishi, T Takayama, M Chiku… - Circulation …, 2003 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In the present study, the intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) morphologic appearance of
coronary atherosclerotic plaque associated with focal spasm was prospectively studied in 45 …

Intravascular ultrasound findings of negative arterial remodeling at sites of focal coronary spasm in patients with vasospastic angina

MK Hong, SW Park, CW Lee, JY Ko, DH Kang… - American heart …, 2000 - Elsevier
Background There are few data about the intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) findings in
patients with vasospastic angina, especially regarding patterns of vascular remodeling …

Coronary plaque component in patients with vasospastic angina: a virtual histology intravascular ultrasound study

K Tsujita, K Sakamoto, S Kojima, S Kojima… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Coronary spasm plays an important role in the pathogenesis of ischemic heart
disease. However, tissue components of coronary plaque in patients with vasospastic …

Cumulative incidence of coronary lesions with vulnerable characteristics in patients with stable angina pectoris: an intravascular ultrasound and angiographic study

M Kruk, J Przyluski, Ł Kalińczuk, J Pregowski… - International journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Development of vulnerable lesion may take place simultaneously at many
sites of coronary vasculature, therefore causing multisite instability. The prevalence of the …

Arterial remodelling of native human coronary arteries in patients with unstable angina pectoris: a prospective intravascular ultrasound study

M Gyöngyösi, P Yang, A Hassan, F Weidinger… - Heart, 1999 - heart.bmj.com
OBJECTIVE To investigate the use of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in detecting the
presence of arterial remodelling in patients with unstable angina. DESIGN Prospective case …

Plaque characteristics of the coronary segment proximal to the culprit lesion in stable and unstable patients

T Nakamura, N Kubo, H Funayama… - … Indexed and Peer …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background Identifying vulnerable plaque is important for preventing an acute coronary
event. The present study examined the relationship between the clinical presentation of …

Coronary plaque characterization of nonculprit or nontarget lesions assessed by analysis of in vivo intracoronary ultrasound radio-frequency data

H Liu, J Zhang, D Ma, JP Luo, S Yang, W Han… - Chinese medical …, 2009 - mednexus.org
Background Unheralded sudden death and acute myocardial infarction are common
manifestations of coronary atherosclerosis. Such events are related to thrombotic occlusion …

Positive remodeling is associated with vulnerable coronary plaque components regardless of clinical presentation: virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound analysis

YJ Hong, MH Jeong, YH Choi, JA Song… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective We used virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) to evaluate the
relation between coronary artery remodeling pattern and plaque components in 1133 …

Analysis of coronary bifurcations by intravascular ultrasound and virtual histology

S Toggweiler, N Urbanek, AW Schoenenberger, P Erne - Atherosclerosis, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Regional differences in shear stress have been identified as reason for
early plaque formation in vessel bifurcations. We aimed to investigate regional plaque …