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ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2016

Intracoronary Imaging in the Detection of Vulnerable Plaques.

Jonathan A Batty, Shristy Subba, Peter Luke, Li Wing Chi Gigi, Hannah Sinclair, Vijay Kunadian

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Review in Current cardiology reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Imaging Cardiovascular Calcification.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jonathan A BattyInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, 3rd Floor, William Leech Building, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK. Jonathan.Batty@newcastle.ac.uk.
Shristy SubbaInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, 3rd Floor, William Leech Building, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK. S.Subba1@newcastle.ac.uk.
Peter LukeFreeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK. peter.luke@nuth.nhs.uk.
Li Wing Chi GigiChinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China. liwcgigi@gmail.com.
Hannah SinclairInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, 3rd Floor, William Leech Building, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK. Hannah.Sinclair@newcastle.ac.uk.
Vijay KunadianInstitute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, 3rd Floor, William Leech Building, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK. vijay.kunadian@newcastle.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronary artery disease is the result of atherosclerotic changes to the coronary arterial wall, comprising endothelial dysfunction, vascular inflammation and deposition of lipid-rich macrophage foam cells. Certain high-risk atherosclerotic plaques are vulnerable to disruption, leading to rupture, thrombosis and the clinical sequelae of acute coronary syndrome. Though recognised as the gold standard for evaluating the presence, distribution and severity of atherosclerotic lesions, invasive coronary angiography is incapable of identifying non-stenotic, vulnerable plaques that are responsible for adverse cardiovascular events. The recognition of such limitations has impelled the development of intracoronary imaging technologies, including intravascular ultrasound, optical coherence tomography and near-infrared spectroscopy, which enable the detailed evaluation of the coronary wall and atherosclerotic plaques in clinical practice. This review discusses the present status of invasive imaging technologies; summarises up-to-date, evidence-based clinical guidelines; and addresses questions that remain unanswered with regard to the future of intracoronary plaque imaging.

Indexed as

Cardiac Imaging TechniquesCoronary Artery DiseaseHumansPlaque, AtheroscleroticSpectroscopy, Near-InfraredTomography, Optical CoherenceUltrasonography, InterventionalCoronary artery diseaseImagingInterventional cardiologyIntravascular ultrasonographyNear-infrared spectroscopyOptical coherence tomography

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PMID26879196
PMCPMC4754333

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