Open AccessAre Microcalcification and Hemosiderin Really Limitations of OCT in Detection of TCFA?
Author(s) -
Masataka Nakano,
Kazuyuki Yahagi,
Renu Virmani,
Yuji Ikari
Publication year - 2016
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.2015.04.030
Subject(s) - microcalcification , optical coherence tomography , medicine , radiology , hemosiderin , intravascular ultrasound , pathology , mammography , cancer , breast cancer
With great interest, we read the recent work by Fujii et al. [(1)][1] published in iJACC reporting the diagnostic accuracy of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and grayscale intravascular ultrasound for the detection of coronary thin cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) with histologic validation in human
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