Expert review document on methodology, terminology, and clinical applications of optical coherence tomography: Physical principles, methodology of image acquisition, and clinical application for assessment of coronary arteries and atherosclerosis
February 2010
Article
volume 31, issue 4 pp 401-415.
| Related Files |
|---|
|
Redirect to publisher's version
(publisher's version.url.txt, 42 bytes) |
Repository contains one additional file which is not publicly available
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a novel intravascular imaging modality, based on infrared light emission, that enables a high resolution arterial wall imaging, in the range of 10-20 microns. This feature of OCT allows the visualization of specific components of the atherosclerotic plaques. The aim of the present Expert Review Document is to address the methodology, terminology and clinical applications of OCT for qualitative and quantitative assessment of coronary arteries and atherosclerosis.
Keywords
- human
- angioplasty
- priority journal
- atherosclerosis
- quantitative analysis
- QT prolongation
- artery wall
- coronary artery disease
- review
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- optical coherence tomography
- thrombosis
- reproducibility
- safety
- qualitative analysis
- Atherosclerosis
- anticoagulant agent
- morphology
- blood clot lysis
- QRS complex
- ECG abnormality
- transluminal coronary angioplasty
- atherosclerotic plaque
- Angioplasty
- creatine kinase MB
- Intravascular imaging
- OCT
- ST segment depression
- coronary artery
- fibrinogen receptor antagonist
- infrared radiation
- iodixanol
