Original ResearchIn Vivo Assessment of High-Risk Coronary Plaques at Bifurcations With Combined Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography
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Key Words
high-risk coronary plaques
optical coherence tomography
IVUS virtual histology
bifurcation
Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACS
acute coronary syndrome
AIT
adaptative intimal thickening
CaFA
calcified fibroatheroma
CaTCFA
calcified thin-cap fibroatheroma
FA
fibroatheroma
IVUS-VH
intravascular ultrasound–virtual histology
LAD
left anterior descending artery
LCX
left circumflex artery
MMP
matrix metalloproteinase
NC
necrotic core
OCT
optical coherence tomography
PIT
pathological intimal thickening
RCA
right coronary artery
TCFA
thin-cap fibroatheroma
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