Identification of Vulnerable Coronary Plaque With Intravascular OCT

Autor: Ik-Kyung Jang, Millen Shishkov, Nicursor Iftimia, Stuart L. Houser, H. T. Aretz, Hiroshi Yabushita, Brett E. Bouma, Christopher R. Kauffman, G.J. Tearney
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Biomedical Topical Meeting.
DOI: 10.1364/bio.2002.md1
Popis: Intravascular OCT was performed in patients following myocardial infarction. Atherosclerotic plaque type and structure were compared for disrupted and non-disrupted locations. Our results suggest that intravascular OCT provides an accurate method for identifying vulnerable plaques.
Databáze: OpenAIRE