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Impact of Statin Therapy on Plaque Characteristics as Assessed by Serial OCT, Grayscale and Integrated Backscatter–IVUS
Author(s) -
Kousuke Hattori,
Yukio Ozaki,
Tevfik F. Ismail,
Masanori Okumura,
Hiroyuki Naruse,
Shino Kan,
Makoto Ishikawa,
Tomoko Kawai,
Masaya Ohta,
Hideki Kawai,
Tousei Hashimoto,
Yasushi Takagi,
Junichi Ishii,
Patrick W. Serruys,
Jagat Narula
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.11.012
Subject(s) - intravascular ultrasound , medicine , optical coherence tomography , fibrous cap , pitavastatin , statin , cardiology , vulnerable plaque , radiology , grayscale , prospective cohort study , optics , physics , pixel
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of statin treatment on coronary plaque composition and morphology by optical coherence tomography (OCT), grayscale and integrated backscatter (IB) intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging.

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