Background: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) predictors of native culprit lesion morphology
for occurrence of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) have not been reported. Moreover …

Objectives. This study was designed to determine whether coronary vasospasm in patients
with variant angina pectoris (VAP) may produce focal organic lesions at the site of …

Background Coronary artery vasospasm (CS) can be identified as either a diffuse type or
focal type; however, the difference in endothelial characteristics between these spasm types …

Coronary computed tomographic angiography allows direct evaluation of the vessel wall
and thus positive remodeling, which is a marker of vulnerability. The purpose of this study …

Coronary plaque composition cannot be assessed accurately using gray-scale intravascular
ultrasound (IVUS). Using virtual histology IVUS (VH-IVUS), a comparison of coronary plaque …

Noncalcific attenuated plaques identified by grayscale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) are
often seen in patients with acute coronary syndromes and have been associated with no …

Background: Conflicting data have been reported about the correlation between plaque
composition assessed by virtual histology (VH) and remodelling index (RI). Aim: To …

Aims We evaluated the distribution and composition of atherosclerotic plaques at
bifurcations with intravascular ultrasound-virtual histology (IVUS-VH) and multidetector …

It is a generally accepted concept that acute thrombotic coronary artery occlusion occurs at
the site of a vulnerable plaque (VP). Three different types of histopathological entities have …

The purpose of this study was to compare culprit coronary plaque characteristics between
female and male patients with stable angina using virtual histology intravascular ultrasound …