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Liang S, Su M, Liu B, Liu R, Zheng H, Qiu W, Zhang Z. Evaluation of Blood Induced Influence for High-Definition Intravascular Ultrasound (HD-IVUS). IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 2022; 69:98-105. [PMID: 34437062 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2021.3108163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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High-definition intravascular ultrasound (HD-IVUS) utilizing more than 80 MHz frequency to assess atherosclerotic plaque, can theoretically achieve an axial resolution of less than [Formula: see text]. However, the blood is a high-attenuation source at high frequency, which would affect the imaging quality. There has been no research evaluating the blood-induced influence on HD-IVUS imaging. And whether a temporary removal of blood is needed for HD-IVUS is unknown. In this study, an ultrahigh-frequency (100 MHz) ultrasound transducer was developed to evaluate the blood-induced attenuation for HD-IVUS imaging. A series of tungsten-wire phantom images in saline and blood at varying hematocrits were obtained. The images showed that blood did influence the ultrahigh-frequency imaging quality greatly. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) decrease by 71.7% in porcine whole blood compared to that in saline at the same depth of 2.3 mm. Moreover, the potential flushing schemes for HD-IVUS were studied in varying hematocrits. Three flushing agents commonly used in intravascular optical coherence tomography (IV-OCT) were investigated, including iohexol, mannitol, and dextran 5% and saline as the control group. The attenuation of blood in varying hematocrits/flushing agents was measured from 90 to 110 MHz. The result indicated dextran 5% was a suitable flushing agent for HD-IVUS due to its less signal attenuation compared to others.
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Su M, Zhang Z, Hong J, Huang Y, Mu P, Yu Y, Liu R, Liang S, Zheng H, Qiu W. Cable shared dual-frequency catheter for intravascular ultrasound. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 2019; 66:849-856. [PMID: 30762542 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2019.2898256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This study proposes a catheter consisting of dual-frequency transducer for intravascular ultrasound. Both ultrasonic elements with different frequencies were connected to one coaxial cable to make the connection simple. The aperture size of the ultrasound elements were 0.4×0.6 mm2 and 0.3×0.4 mm2 for the low frequency element and high frequency element, respectively. The center frequency and bandwidth of the fabricated low frequency transducer were 33.8 MHz and 49.3%, respectively. Meanwhile, the center frequency and bandwidth of the high frequency transducer were 80.6 MHz and 50.3%, respectively. Imaging evaluations of wire phantom, tissue phantom and vessel tissue demonstrated good imaging capability of the dual-frequency catheter. The spatial resolution are 19 μm axially and 128 μm laterally for the high frequency transducer, and 37 μm axially and 199 μm laterally for the low frequency transducer. Band-pass filters were designed to separate the mixed echo signals. After filtering, the images from different ultrasound elements can be successfully identified, indicating the feasibility of the proposed cable shared dual-frequency imaging strategy. The proposed method has simple structure, good imaging resolution, and large penetration depth, showing good application prospect for intravascular ultrasound.
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Zaman RT, Yousefi S, Chibana H, Ikeno F, Long SR, Gambhir SS, Chin FT, McConnell MV, Xing L, Yeung A. In Vivo Translation of the CIRPI System: Revealing Molecular Pathology of Rabbit Aortic Atherosclerotic Plaques. J Nucl Med 2019; 60:1308-1316. [PMID: 30737298 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.118.222471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) are the unstable lesions in coronary artery disease that are prone to rupture, resulting in substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, their small size and complex morphologic and biologic features make early detection and risk assessment difficult. We tested our newly developed catheter-based Circumferential-Intravascular-Radioluminescence-Photoacoustic-Imaging (CIRPI) system in vivo to enable detection and characterization of vulnerable plaque structure and biology in rabbit abdominal aorta. Methods: The CIRPI system includes a novel optical probe combining circumferential radioluminescence imaging and photoacoustic tomography (PAT). The probe's CaF2:Eu-based scintillating imaging window captures radioluminescence images (360° view) of plaques by detecting β-particles during 18F-FDG decay. A tunable laser-based PAT characterizes tissue constituents of plaque at 7 different wavelengths-540 and 560 nm (calcification), 920 nm (cholesteryl ester), 1040 nm (phospholipids), 1180 nm (elastin/collagen), 1210 nm (cholesterol), and 1235 nm (triglyceride). A single B-scan is concatenated from 330 A-lines captured during a 360° rotation. The abdominal aorta was imaged in vivo in both atherosclerotic rabbits (Watanabe Heritable Hyper Lipidemic [WHHL], 13-mo-old male, n = 5) and controls (New Zealand White, n = 2). Rabbits were fasted for 6 h before 5.55 × 107 Bq (1.5 mCi) of 18F-FDG were injected 1 h before the imaging procedure. Rabbits were anesthetized, and the right or left common carotid artery was surgically exposed. An 8 French catheter sheath was inserted into the common carotid artery, and a 0.035-cm (0.014-in) guidewire was advanced to the iliac artery, guided by x-ray fluoroscopy. A bare metal stent was implanted in the dorsal abdominal aorta as a landmark, followed by the 7 French imaging catheters that were advanced up to the proximal stent edge. Our CIRPI and clinical optical coherence tomography (OCT) were performed using pullback and nonocclusive flushing techniques. After imaging with the CIRPI system, the descending aorta was flushed with contrast agent, and OCT images were obtained with a pullback speed of 20 mm/s, providing images at 100 frames/s. Results were verified with histochemical analysis. Results: Our CIRPI system successfully detected the locations and characterized both stable and vulnerable aortic plaques in vivo among all WHHL rabbits. Calcification was detected from the stable plaque (540 and 560 nm), whereas TCFA exhibited phospholipids/cholesterol (1040 nm, 1210 nm). These findings were further verified with the clinical OCT system showing an area of low attenuation filled with lipids within TCFA. PAT images illustrated broken elastic fiber/collagen that could be verified with the histochemical analysis. All WHHL rabbits exhibited sparse to severe macrophages. Only 4 rabbits showed both moderate-to-severe level of calcifications and cholesterol clefts. However, all rabbits exhibited broken elastic fibers and collagen deposition. Control rabbits showed normal wall thickness with no presence of plaque tissue compositions. These findings were verified with OCT and histochemical analysis. Conclusion: Our novel multimodality hybrid system has been successfully translated to in vivo evaluation of atherosclerotic plaque structure and biology in a preclinical rabbit model. This system proposed a paradigm shift that unites molecular and pathologic imaging technologies. Therefore, the system may enhance the clinical evaluation of TCFA, as well as expand our understanding of coronary artery disease.
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- Raiyan T Zaman
- Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts .,Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Division of Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.,Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford University (MIPS), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.,Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University Schools of Medicine and of Engineering, Stanford, California; and
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.,Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford University (MIPS), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.,Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford University (MIPS), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.,Verily Life Sciences, San Francisco, California
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- Division of Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.,Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford University (MIPS), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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Ma T, Zhou B, Hsiai TK, Shung KK. A Review of Intravascular Ultrasound-based Multimodal Intravascular Imaging: The Synergistic Approach to Characterizing Vulnerable Plaques. ULTRASONIC IMAGING 2016; 38:314-31. [PMID: 26400676 PMCID: PMC4803636 DOI: 10.1177/0161734615604829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Catheter-based intravascular imaging modalities are being developed to visualize pathologies in coronary arteries, such as high-risk vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques known as thin-cap fibroatheroma, to guide therapeutic strategy at preventing heart attacks. Mounting evidences have shown three distinctive histopathological features-the presence of a thin fibrous cap, a lipid-rich necrotic core, and numerous infiltrating macrophages-are key markers of increased vulnerability in atherosclerotic plaques. To visualize these changes, the majority of catheter-based imaging modalities used intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) as the technical foundation and integrated emerging intravascular imaging techniques to enhance the characterization of vulnerable plaques. However, no current imaging technology is the unequivocal "gold standard" for the diagnosis of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques. Each intravascular imaging technology possesses its own unique features that yield valuable information although encumbered by inherent limitations not seen in other modalities. In this context, the aim of this review is to discuss current scientific innovations, technical challenges, and prospective strategies in the development of IVUS-based multi-modality intravascular imaging systems aimed at assessing atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability.
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- Teng Ma
- NIH Resource Center on Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- NIH Resource Center on Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Ma T, Yu M, Chen Z, Fei C, Shung KK, Zhou Q. Multi-frequency intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS, AND FREQUENCY CONTROL 2015; 62:97-107. [PMID: 25585394 PMCID: PMC4522164 DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2014.006679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is frequently associated with the sudden rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque within the coronary artery. Several unique physiological features, including a thin fibrous cap accompanied by a necrotic lipid core, are the targeted indicators for identifying the vulnerable plaques. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), a catheter-based imaging technology, has been routinely performed in clinics for more than 20 years to describe the morphology of the coronary artery and guide percutaneous coronary interventions. However, conventional IVUS cannot facilitate the risk assessment of ACS because of its intrinsic limitations, such as insufficient resolution. Renovation of the IVUS technology is essentially needed to overcome the limitations and enhance the coronary artery characterization. In this paper, a multi-frequency intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging system was developed by incorporating a higher frequency IVUS transducer (80 to 150 MHz) with the conventional IVUS (30-50 MHz) system. The newly developed system maintains the advantage of deeply penetrating imaging with the conventional IVUS, while offering an improved higher resolution image with IVUS at a higher frequency. The prototyped multifrequency catheter has a clinically compatible size of 0.95 mm and a favorable capability of automated image co-registration. In vitro human coronary artery imaging has demonstrated the feasibility and superiority of the multi-frequency IVUS imaging system to deliver a more comprehensive visualization of the coronary artery. This ultrasonic-only intravascular imaging technique, based on a moderate refinement of the conventional IVUS system, is not only cost-effective from the perspective of manufacturing and clinical practice, but also holds the promise of future translation into clinical benefits.
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- Teng Ma
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Resource Center for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Resource Center for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Resource Center for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Resource Center for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Resource Center for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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Rao GHR, Thethi I, Fareed J. Vascular disease: obesity and excess weight as modulators of risk. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2014; 9:525-34. [DOI: 10.1586/erc.11.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Hu XB, Zhang PF, Su HJ, Yi X, Chen L, Rong YY, Zhang K, Li X, Wang L, Sun CL, Cai XJ, Li L, Song JT, Dai XM, Sui XD, Zhang Y, Zhang M. Intravascular ultrasound area strain imaging used to characterize tissue components and assess vulnerability of atherosclerotic plaques in a rabbit model. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2011; 37:1579-1587. [PMID: 21856069 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Revised: 06/23/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of area strain and tissue components and vulnerability of atherosclerotic plaques in a rabbit model. Forty purebred New Zealand rabbits underwent balloon-induced abdominal aorta endothelium injury, then a high-cholesterol diet for 24 weeks. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images of abdominal aortas were acquired in situ and two consecutive frames near the end-diastole were used to construct an IVUS elastogram. Histologic slices matched with corresponding IVUS images were stained for fatty and collagen components, smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and macrophages. Regions-of-interest (ROIs) in plaques were classified as fibrous, fibro-fatty or fatty according to histologic study. Vulnerability indexes of ROIs were calculated as (fat + macrophage)/(collagen + SMCs). The area strain of these ROIs was calculated by use of an in-house-designed software system with a block-matching-based algorithm. Area strain was significantly higher in fatty ROIs (0.056 ± 0.003) than in fibrous (0.019 ± 0.002, p < 0.001) or fibro-fatty ROIs (0.033 ± 0.003, p < 0.001). The sensitivity and specificity of area strain for fatty ROIs characterization was 75.0% and 80.2% (area under the curve [AUC] 0.858, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.800-0.916, p < 0.001) and 75.0% and 75.3% (AUC 0.859, 95% CI = 0.801-0.917, p < 0.001) for fibrous ROIs, as demonstrated by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Area strain was positively correlated with vulnerability index (r(2) = 0.495, p < 0.001), fatty components (r(2) = 0.332, p < 0.001) and macrophage infiltration (r(2) = 0.406, p < 0.001); and negatively correlated with collagen and SMC composition (r(2) = 0.115 and r(2) = 0.169, p < 0.001, respectively). Area strain calculation with IVUS elastography based on digital B-mode analysis is feasible and can be useful for tissue characterization and plaque vulnerability assessment.
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- Xiao-Bo Hu
- The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Suter MJ, Nadkarni SK, Weisz G, Tanaka A, Jaffer FA, Bouma BE, Tearney GJ. Intravascular optical imaging technology for investigating the coronary artery. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2011; 4:1022-39. [PMID: 21920342 PMCID: PMC3583353 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2010] [Revised: 03/04/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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There is an ever-increasing demand for new imaging methods that can provide additional information about the coronary wall to better characterize and stratify high-risk plaques, and to guide interventional and pharmacologic management of patients with coronary artery disease. While there are a number of imaging modalities that facilitate the assessment of coronary artery pathology, this review paper focuses on intravascular optical imaging modalities that provide information on the microstructural, compositional, biochemical, biomechanical, and molecular features of coronary lesions and stents. The optical imaging modalities discussed include angioscopy, optical coherence tomography, polarization sensitive-optical coherence tomography, laser speckle imaging, near-infrared spectroscopy, time-resolved laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and near-infrared fluorescence molecular imaging. Given the wealth of information that these techniques can provide, optical imaging modalities are poised to play an increasingly significant role in the evaluation of the coronary artery in the future.
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- Melissa J. Suter
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiology Division, and Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Wang ZG, Gai LY, Gai JJ, Li P, Yang X, Jin QH, Chen YD, Sun ZJ, Guan ZW. Correlation between acute coronary syndrome classification and multi-detector CT characterization of plaque. CHINESE MEDICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL = CHUNG-KUO I HSUEH K'O HSUEH TSA CHIH 2011; 26:85-90. [PMID: 21703115 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-9294(11)60025-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine if multi-detector CT (MDCT) characterization of plaque is correlated with the classification of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). METHODS Altogether 1900 patients were examined by MDCT from December 2007 to May 2009, of whom 95 patients fulfilled the criteria of ACS. Those patients were divided into the discrete plaque group ( n=61) and diffuse plaque group ( n=34) based on the findings in MDCT. The clinical diagnosis of ACS and CT results were analyzed, including segment stenosis score, segment involvement score, 3-vessel plaque score, left main score, calcification score, and remodeling index. The incidences of major adverse cardiac events in follow-up period were also recorded. RESULTS The patients of the diffuse plaque group were older than those of the discrete plaque group ( Pü0.0001). The diffuse plaque group presented more cases of hypertension, peripheral artery disease, diabetes, and heart failure than discrete plaque group (all P<0.05). All the 5 patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction were found in discrete plaque group. The segment stenosis score of the discrete plaque group was lower than that of the diffuse plaque group(5.15±3.55 vs. 14.91±5.37, Pü0.001). The other four scores demonstrated significant inter-group difference as well (all P<0.05). The remodeling index of thediscrete plaque group was higher (1.12±0.16 vs.0.97±0.20, Pü0.05). Follow-up data showed that major adverse cardiac events occurred more frequently in diffuse plaque group than in discrete group (29.41% vs. 11.48%, P=0.0288). CONCLUSIONS Characteristics of discrete and diffuse plaques may be significantly different among different classes of ACS. The diffuse plaque may present higher risk, correlated to higher mortality. The diagnosis of discrete and diffuse plaques by MDCT would provide a new insight into the prognosis and treatment of ACS.
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- Zhi-Guo Wang
- Department of Cardiology, The General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China
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Eshtehardi P, Luke J, McDaniel MC, Samady H. Intravascular imaging tools in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: comprehensive assessment of anatomy and physiology. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2011; 4:393-403. [PMID: 21455803 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-011-9272-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2011] [Accepted: 03/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Intravascular imaging modalities have an imperative role in contemporary cardiovascular research. Currently, there are several invasive imaging modalities available in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and new technologies are under development. In the current review, we aimed to provide an update on the research applications of contemporary intravascular imaging tools in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. For the purpose of this review, we separately discuss imaging tools for assessment of epicardial disease (fractional flow reserve and hyperemic stenosis resistance), microvascular function (coronary flow reserve, hyperemic microvascular resistance, and index of microcirculatory resistance), endothelial function, atherosclerotic plaque and vascular remodeling (intravascular ultrasound, optical coherence tomography, angioscopy, and near-infrared spectroscopy), and finally the emerging modalities (palpography and wall shear stress profiling).
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- Parham Eshtehardi
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Suite F606, 1365, Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Rodriguez AE, Rodriguez-Granillo A. Stent selection in patients with acute coronary syndromes and unstable coronary lesions. Interv Cardiol 2010. [DOI: 10.2217/ica.10.42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Gonzalo N, Serruys PW, Okamura T, Shen ZJ, Garcia-Garcia HM, Onuma Y, van Geuns RJ, Ligthart J, Regar E. Relation between plaque type and dissections at the edges after stent implantation: an optical coherence tomography study. Int J Cardiol 2010; 150:151-5. [PMID: 20466444 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2009] [Revised: 02/16/2010] [Accepted: 03/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Stent implantation can create vessel damage such as edge dissections. The objectives were i) to evaluate the frequency of edge dissections after stenting visible by intracoronary optical coherence tomography (OCT) in comparison with angiography. ii) to assess with OCT the plaque type left at the stent edges after implantation, and iii) to study whether there is an association between plaque type and dissections at stent edges. METHODS Seventy-three consecutive patients (80 vessels) with OCT post-stent implantation were included in the study. By OCT, plaque type at stent edges and presence of edge dissection were assessed. Angiograms were analyzed by two independent observers to assess the presence of edge dissections. RESULTS Distal and proximal edges were visible by OCT in 72/80 and 45/80 vessels respectively. OCT and angiography agreed in the detection of 7 dissections at distal edge (κ=0.32) and 1 dissection at proximal edge (κ=0.22). Plaque type at distal edge was: fibrotic 55.6%, fibrocalcific 22.2%, fibroatheroma 15.3% and thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) 6.9%. At proximal edge plaque type was: fibrotic 31.1%, fibrocalcific 33.3%, fibroatheroma 28.9% and TCFA 6.7%. In the distal edge, presence of edge dissection was significantly more frequent when the plaque type at the edge was fibrocalcific (43.8%) or lipid rich (37.5%) than when the plaque was fibrous (10%) p=0.009. CONCLUSIONS OCT showed higher sensitivity compared to angiography for the identification of edge dissections. A high proportion of patients showed lipid-rich plaques at stent edges. Plaque type at the stent edges has impact on the presence of edge dissections.
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Gonzalo N, Garcia-Garcia HM, Regar E, Barlis P, Wentzel J, Onuma Y, Ligthart J, Serruys PW. In Vivo Assessment of High-Risk Coronary Plaques at Bifurcations With Combined Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2009; 2:473-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2008] [Revised: 11/10/2008] [Accepted: 11/16/2008] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Barlis P, Serruys PW, Gonzalo N, van der Giessen WJ, de Jaegere PJ, Regar E. Assessment of culprit and remote coronary narrowings using optical coherence tomography with long-term outcomes. Am J Cardiol 2008; 102:391-5. [PMID: 18678293 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.03.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2008] [Revised: 03/24/2008] [Accepted: 03/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Much currently known information about vulnerable plaque stems from postmortem studies that identified several characteristics making them prone to rupture, including the presence of a thin fibrous cap and a large lipid core. This study used optical coherence tomography (OCT) to assess culprit and remote coronary narrowings and investigate whether intracoronary OCT in living patients was able to visualize morphologic features associated with vulnerable plaque in postmortem studies. Twenty-three patients successfully underwent OCT before percutaneous coronary intervention. The culprit lesion and mild to moderate coronary narrowings remote from the target stenosis were investigated. Using OCT, the culprit lesion was found to be fibrous in 39.1%, fibrocalcific in 34.4%, and lipid rich in 26.1% of cases. Two patients met criteria for thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA; defined as the presence of a signal-rich fibrous cap covering a signal-poor lipid/necrotic core with cap thickness <0.2 mm). Most plaques at remote segments were proximal to the culprit lesion (73.9%) and predominantly fibrous and lipid rich. OCT identified 7 TCFA lesions in 6 patients with a mean cap thickness of 0.19 +/- 0.05 mm, extending for 103 degrees +/- 49 degrees of the total vessel circumference. At 24 months of clinical follow-up, the only event occurred in a patient with in-stent restenosis who underwent repeated percutaneous revascularization. There were no clinically apparent plaque rupture-related events in the 6 patients found to have remote TCFA. This study showed that OCT can be safely applied to image beyond the culprit lesion and can detect in vivo morphologic features associated with plaque vulnerability using retrospective pathologic examination. In conclusion, detection of TCFA, particularly in stable patients, is desirable and may principally allow for early intervention and prevention of adverse events.
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