From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient—part III: executive summary of the Screening for Heart Attack Prevention and Education (SHAPE) Task Force report

M Naghavi, E Falk, HS Hecht, MJ Jamieson… - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Screening for early-stage asymptomatic cancers (eg, cancers of breast and colon) to prevent
late-stage malignancies has been widely accepted. However, although atherosclerotic …

Molecular and cellular imaging of atherosclerosis: emerging applications

FA Jaffer, P Libby, R Weissleder - Journal of the American College of …, 2006 - jacc.org
Molecular and Cellular Imaging of Atherosclerosis: Emerging Applications Farouc A. Jaffer,
Peter Libby, Ralph Weissleder Molecular imaging studies have shed light on important …

Accuracy of 64-slice computed tomography to classify and quantify plaque volumes in the proximal coronary system: a comparative study using intravascular …

AW Leber, A Becker, A Knez, F von Ziegler… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
Objectives: We evaluated the accuracy of a new 64-slice computed tomography (CT)
scanner, compared with intravascular ultrasound, to visualize atherosclerosis in the proximal …

Carotid artery plaque morphology and composition in relation to incident cardiovascular events: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

AEH Zavodni, BA Wasserman, RL McClelland… - Radiology, 2014 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To determine if carotid plaque morphology and composition with magnetic
resonance (MR) imaging can be used to identify asymptomatic subjects at risk for …

Selective clearance of macrophages in atherosclerotic plaques by autophagy

S Verheye, W Martinet, MM Kockx… - Journal of the American …, 2007 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether stent-based delivery of an
inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) can selectively clear macrophages in …

Identification and quantification of coronary atherosclerotic plaques: a comparison of 64-MDCT and intravascular ultrasound

J Sun, Z Zhang, B Lu, W Yu, Y Yang… - American journal of …, 2008 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy of 64-MDCT with that of
intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for the identification and quantitative analysis of coronary …

Development of a catheter for combined intravascular ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging

AB Karpiouk, B Wang, SY Emelianov - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Atherosclerosis is characterized by formation and development of the plaques in the inner
layer of the vessel wall. To detect and characterize atherosclerotic plaques, we previously …

Artificial intelligence in intracoronary imaging

R Fedewa, R Puri, E Fleischman, J Lee… - Current cardiology …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This paper investigates present uses and future potential of
artificial intelligence (AI) applied to intracoronary imaging technologies. Recent Findings …

Noninvasive detection of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis coupled with assessment of changes in plaque characteristics using novel invasive imaging modalities …

CAG Van Mieghem, EP McFadden, PJ de Feyter… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
Objectives: Our purpose was to assess noninvasive imaging in detection of subclinical
atherosclerosis and to examine novel invasive modalities to describe prevalence and …

Prognostic value of circulating pregnancy-associated plasma protein levels in patients with chronic stable angina

AA Elesber, CA Conover, AE Denktas… - European heart …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Aims Unstable coronary atherosclerotic plaque can be present in patients with chronic
stable coronary artery disease (CAD). Our objective was to assess whether measurement of …