Identifying patients at increased risk of coronary artery disease, before the atherosclerotic
complications become clinically evident, is the aim of cardiovascular prevention. Imaging …

Background Intracoronary imaging is an important tool for guiding decision making in the
cardiac catheterization laboratory. Sources of data We have reviewed the latest available …

Atherosclerosis, a cardiovascular disease, disrupts blood flow due to occlusions. The
transformation from laminar into turbulent flow produces an acoustic phenomena known as …

Complex percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) are increasing in frequency due to the
rapid advances in interventional cardiology. This has had a favorable impact on patients …

The importance of depression and psychological distress as a risk factor for coronary heart
disease (CHD), is widely recognised, particularly in post-acute myocardial infarction …

Although the assessment of myocardial ischemia has been traditionally based on
angiographic evaluation of epicardial coronary artery stenosis, it is recognized that the …

Abstract Purpose of Review We seek to provide a focused appraisal of the most recent
outcomes data for intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography …

Intracoronary imaging Page 1 Intracoronary imaging S. Aravinda Kumar, P. Vijay Shekar*,
Suraj Narasimhan Department of Cardiology, Kauvery Heart City, Trichy, Tamilnadu, India *Correspondence …