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Erschienen in: Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports 11/2015

01.11.2015 | Intravascular Imaging (I.-K. Jang, Section Editor)

Virtual Histology-Intravascular Ultrasound

verfasst von: Soo-Jin Kang

Erschienen in: Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports | Ausgabe 11/2015

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Abstract

Although gray-scale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has been an established method for assessing coronary lesion morphology and quantifying the atheroma, its role in plaque characterization is limited. Based on the spectral analysis of the primary raw backscattered radiofrequency signal, virtual histology (VH)-IVUS provides detailed tissue maps. Despite some methodological pitfalls, VH-IVUS has been used in recent clinical trials that suggested thin-cap fibroatheroma and large plaque burden as the predictors of future cardiovascular events related to non-culprit lesions. In addition, VH-IVUS helps us to understand coronary artery disease and the effects of local or systemic treatment on natural history of coronary atherosclerosis. Also, VH-IVUS can be used to identify the high-risk coronary lesions for distal embolization during percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Metadaten
Titel
Virtual Histology-Intravascular Ultrasound
verfasst von
Soo-Jin Kang
Publikationsdatum
01.11.2015
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports / Ausgabe 11/2015
Print ISSN: 1941-9066
Elektronische ISSN: 1941-9074
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12410-015-9357-6

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