Multimodality Imaging to Detect Vulnerable Plaque in Coronary Arteries and Its Clinical Application

Pannipa Suwannasom, Yohei Sotomi, Yosuke Miyazaki, Erhan Tenekecioglu, Yoshinobu Onuma and Patrick W. Serruys

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Abstract: Postmortem studies have described the association between the thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA) and the occurrence of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Both noninvasive and invasive techniques have been refined and used as a research tool to visualize the plaque at a high risk of disruption. There has been a considerable effort to develop the imaging modalities that offer detailed visualization of coronary pathology and accurately predict the adverse cardiac outcomes. This chapter provides an overview of the current and experimental coronary imaging methods to detect vulnerable plaque and discuss the potential implication of multimodality imaging in clinical practice.

Keywords: vulnerable plaque; imaging; IVUS; OCT; CCTA; CMR (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.70183

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