Article
Global characterization of coronary plaque rupture phenotype using three-vessel intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis.
European heart journal - 1 Aug 2006
Rodriguez-Granillo Gastón A, García-García Héctor M, Valgimigli Marco, Vaina Sophia, van Mieghem Carlos, van Geuns Robert J, van der Ent Maarten, Regar Evelyn, de Jaegere Peter, van der Giessen Willem, de Feyter Pim, Serruys Patrick W
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To compare the global characteristics of patients with and without evidence of plaque rupture (PR) in their coronary tree and to evaluate the phenotype of ruptured plaques using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) radiofrequency data analysis (IVUS-VH). METHODS AND RESULTS: Forty patients underwent three-vessel IVUS-VH interrogation. Twenty-eight PRs were diagnosed in 26 vessels (25.7% of the vessels studied)...
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