Intravascular Imaging

About

Intravascular imaging modalities have emerged as adjunctive tools of angiography to identify vulnerable plaques. Multiple devices have been introduced to catheterization laboratories to date, including intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), virtual-histology IVUS, optical coherence tomography (OCT), coronary angioscopy, and near-infrared spectroscopy.

One of the goals of intravascular imaging is to better predict and prevent future coronary events.

Articles

Fractional Flow Reserve Assessment of Coronary Artery Stenosis

Citation:

European Cardiology Review 2016;11(2):77–82

Optical Coherence Tomography For the Detection of the Vulnerable Plaque

Citation:

European Cardiology Review 2016;11(2):90–5

Use of Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention to Treat Left Main Coronary Artery Disease

Citation:

Interventional Cardiology Review 2017;12(1):8–12

Use of Intravascular Ultrasound in the Assessment of Chronic Total Occlusions

Citation:

RadcliffeCardiology.com, August 2017