Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes

Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution imaging technique that offers microscopic visualization of coronary plaques. The clear and detailed images of OCT generate an intense interest in adopting this technique for both clinical and research purposes. Recent studies have shown that OC...

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Main Authors: Kubo, Takashi, Ino, Yasushi, Tanimoto, Takashi, Kitabata, Hironori, Tanaka, Atsushi, Akasaka, Takashi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3177459/
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spelling pubmed-31774592011-09-22 Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes Kubo, Takashi Ino, Yasushi Tanimoto, Takashi Kitabata, Hironori Tanaka, Atsushi Akasaka, Takashi Review Article Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution imaging technique that offers microscopic visualization of coronary plaques. The clear and detailed images of OCT generate an intense interest in adopting this technique for both clinical and research purposes. Recent studies have shown that OCT is useful for the assessment of coronary atherosclerotic plaques, in particular the assessment of plaque rupture, erosion, and intracoronary thrombus in patients with acute coronary syndrome. In addition, OCT may enable identifying thin-cap fibroatheroma, the proliferation of vasa vasorum, and the distribution of macrophages surrounding vulnerable plaques. With its ability to view atherosclerotic lesions in vivo with such high resolution, OCT provides cardiologists with the tool they need to better understand the thrombosis-prone vulnerable plaques and acute coronary syndromes. This paper reviews the possibility of OCT for identification of vulnerable plaques in vivo. SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011 2011-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3177459/ /pubmed/21941666 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/312978 Text en Copyright © 2011 Takashi Kubo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Kubo, Takashi
Ino, Yasushi
Tanimoto, Takashi
Kitabata, Hironori
Tanaka, Atsushi
Akasaka, Takashi
spellingShingle Kubo, Takashi
Ino, Yasushi
Tanimoto, Takashi
Kitabata, Hironori
Tanaka, Atsushi
Akasaka, Takashi
Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes
author_facet Kubo, Takashi
Ino, Yasushi
Tanimoto, Takashi
Kitabata, Hironori
Tanaka, Atsushi
Akasaka, Takashi
author_sort Kubo, Takashi
title Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes
title_short Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes
title_full Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes
title_fullStr Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes
title_full_unstemmed Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes
title_sort optical coherence tomography imaging in acute coronary syndromes
description Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution imaging technique that offers microscopic visualization of coronary plaques. The clear and detailed images of OCT generate an intense interest in adopting this technique for both clinical and research purposes. Recent studies have shown that OCT is useful for the assessment of coronary atherosclerotic plaques, in particular the assessment of plaque rupture, erosion, and intracoronary thrombus in patients with acute coronary syndrome. In addition, OCT may enable identifying thin-cap fibroatheroma, the proliferation of vasa vasorum, and the distribution of macrophages surrounding vulnerable plaques. With its ability to view atherosclerotic lesions in vivo with such high resolution, OCT provides cardiologists with the tool they need to better understand the thrombosis-prone vulnerable plaques and acute coronary syndromes. This paper reviews the possibility of OCT for identification of vulnerable plaques in vivo.
publisher SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research
publishDate 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3177459/
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