Open AccessIn vitro analysis of coronary atheromatous lesions by intravascular ultrasound. Reproducibility and histological correlation of lesion morphology Reproducibility and histological correlation of lesion morhology
Author(s) -
Nicholas Palmer,
David B. Northridge,
Alistair Lessells,
W. Norman McDicken,
Keith A.A. Fox
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
european heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336
H-Index - 293
eISSN - 1522-9645
pISSN - 0195-668X
DOI - 10.1053/euhj.1999.1627
Subject(s) - medicine , intravascular ultrasound , reproducibility , ultrasound , radiology , lumen (anatomy) , coronary arteries , lesion , pulsatile flow , histology , calcification , kappa , atheroma , pathology , arteriosclerosis , nuclear medicine , artery , cardiology , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics
To determine the reproducibility and histological correlation of qualitative intravascular ultrasound imaging of atheromatous coronary arteries using the recently proposed European Society of Cardiology classification of plaque composition in conditions approximating the clinical setting.