The committee consisted of acknowledged experts in IVUS representing the ACC (10
members) and the European Society of Cardiology (2 members). Both the academic and …

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a valuable adjunct to angiography, providing new insights
in the diagnosis of and therapy for coronary disease. Angiography depicts only a 2D …

Background—The angiographic presentation of in-stent restenosis (ISR) may convey
prognostic information on subsequent target vessel revascularizations (TLR). Methods and …

Background Target lesion calcium is a marker for significant coronary artery disease and a
determinant of the success of transcatheter therapy. Methods and Results Eleven hundred …

Background—The morphological characteristics of coronary plaques in patients with stable
versus unstable coronary syndromes have been described in vivo with intravascular …

Background Restenosis occurs after 30% to 50% of transcatheter coronary procedures;
however, the natural history and pathophysiology of restenosis are still incompletely …

Objectives. This study evaluated the magnitude, patterns and clinical correlates of
atherosclerosis in angiographically “normal” reference segments in patients undergoing …

Background Smoking is a primary risk factor for coronary and peripheral vascular disease.
Because the endothelium is a principal target for the effects of risk factors early in the …

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 …

BACKGROUND Necropsy studies demonstrate that coronary artery disease (CAD) is
frequently complex and eccentric. However, angiography provides only a silhouette of the …