Characteristics of culprit atheromatous plaques obtained in vivo by intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency analysis: results from the CULPLAC study

JD Cascón-Pérez, JM de la Torre-Hernández… - American heart …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: We used virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) to investigate
the characteristics of culprit lesions in acute coronary syndromes (ACS). BACKGROUND …

Intravascular ultrasound classification of plaque distribution in left main coronary artery bifurcations: where is the plaque really located?

C Oviedo, A Maehara, GS Mintz, H Araki… - Circulation …, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Angiographic classifications of the location and severity of disease in the main
vessel and side branch of coronary artery bifurcations have been proposed and applied to …

Association between virtual histology intravascular ultrasound findings and subsequent coronary events in patients with acute coronary syndrome

T Noto, T Kameyama, T Satoh, M Nonomura… - International Heart …, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) was employed to compare coronary
plaque characteristics between acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients with and without …

[HTML][HTML] Construction and validation of a plaque discrimination score from the anatomical and histological differences in coronary atherosclerosis: the Liverpool IVUS …

SW Murray, RH Stables… - …, 2014 - eurointervention.pcronline.com
Aims: New markers to help stratify coronary atherosclerosis are needed. Although attempts
have been made to differentiate active lesions from those that are stable, none of these has …

Relation of ruptured plaque culprit lesion phenotype and outcomes in patients with ST elevation acute myocardial infarction

SW Kim, YJ Hong, GS Mintz, SY Lee, JH Doh… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
We used virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) to assess culprit plaque
rupture in 172 patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction. VH-IVUS …

[HTML][HTML] Positive vascular remodeling in culprit coronary lesion is associated with plaque composition: an intravascular ultrasound-virtual histology study

CS Lee, YH Seo, DJ Yang, KH Kim… - Korean circulation …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results The lesions with PR (RI> 1.05, n= 97, mean RI= 1.19±0.12) had a higher fibrous
volume/lesion length (3.85±2.12 mm 3/mm vs. 3.04±1.79 mm 3/mm, p= 0.003) and necrotic …

Intravascular ultrasonic analysis of plaque characteristics associated with coronary artery remodeling

NJ Weissman, SJ Sheris, R Chari… - The American journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
We sought to determine the patient and plaque characteristics associated with the different
forms of arterial remodeling as seen by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) before coronary …

Noninvasive assessment of plaque morphology and composition in culprit and stable lesions in acute coronary syndrome and stable lesions in stable angina by …

U Hoffmann, F Moselewski, K Nieman, IK Jang… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess morphology and composition of culprit
and stable coronary lesions by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). Background …

Compositional analysis of angioscopic yellow plaques with intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data

T Kawano, J Honye, T Takayama, S Yokoyama… - International journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: To identify subclinical high-risk plaques is potentially important because
those vulnerable plaques may have a greater likelihood of rupture and subsequent …

Accuracy of in vivo coronary plaque morphology assessment: a validation study of in vivo virtual histology compared with in vitro histopathology

K Nasu, E Tsuchikane, O Katoh, DG Vince… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
Objectives: The goal of the present study was to compare the accuracy of in vivo tissue
characterization obtained by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) radiofrequency (RF) data …