The pathological complications of atherosclerosis, namely heart attacks and strokes, remain
the leading cause of mortality in the Western world1). Preceding atherosclerosis is …

Objective: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has developed as a preferable choice for
optimizing the stenting procedures mainly because it will have good access to vessel size …

Background Integrated backscatter (IB) intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and IVUS Virtual
Histology (VH) have been developed for tissue characterization, but have never been …

Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and nonobstructive coronary artery disease
(CAD) have a substantial risk of subsequent coronary events within 1 year. The aim of the …

Over the last decade, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has emerged as a useful adjunctive
tool to angiography in an increasing number of catheter-based procedures for peripheral …

Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is able to provide extremely high molecular contrast while
maintaining the superior imaging depth of ultrasound (US) imaging. Conventional …

Objective To demonstrate the feasibility of imaging human coronary atherosclerosis using a
novel hybrid intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) …

Positive remodeling is more often observed in lesions of patients who have acute coronary
syndromes or vulnerable (rupture-prone) plaques. However, there are few data that …

Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in the Western world. Therefore,
detection and quantification of atherosclerotic disease is of paramount importance to monitor …

The interaction between the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque and thrombus formation, a
process referred to as atherothrombosis, is the cornerstone of acute coronary syndromes …