Intravascular Polarimetry in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Author(s) -
Kenichiro Otsuka,
Martin Villiger,
Αντώνιος Καρανάσος,
Laurens J.C. van Zandvoort,
Pallavi Doradla,
Jian Ren,
Norman Lippok,
Joost Daemen,
Roberto Diletti,
RobertJan van Geuns,
Felix Zijlstra,
Gijs van Soest,
Jouke Dijkstra,
Seemantini K. Nadkarni,
Evelyn Regar,
Brett E. Bouma
Publication year - 2019
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.2019.06.015
Subject(s) - medicine , fibrous cap , culprit , coronary arteries , cardiology , angina , birefringence , vulnerable plaque , coronary artery disease , artery , optics , myocardial infarction , physics
The aims of this first-in-human pilot study of intravascular polarimetry were to investigate polarization properties of coronary plaques in patients and to examine the relationship of these features with established structural characteristics available to conventional optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) and with clinical presentation.
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