Virtual Histology Intravascular Ultrasound

Tissue Characterization of Coronary Plaques Using Intravascular Ultrasound/Virtual Histology

Most studies related with plaque histopathology and/or morphology are based on the gray scale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and autopsy findings, although IVUS is limited for differentiating echolucent areas, and tissue shrinkage almost always occur during tissue fixation. In addition, autopsy studies can not establish the causal relationship between the autopsy findings and the clinical find...

In vivo virtual histology intravascular ultrasound correlates of risk factors for sudden coronary death in men: results from the prospective, multi-centre virtual histology intravascular ultrasound registry.

AIMS We hypothesized a relationship between virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) findings and risk factors histopathologically associated with sudden coronary death (SCD) in men: cigarette smoking and an increased total cholesterol-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio (TC/HDL > 5). METHODS AND RESULTS We assessed volumetric VH-IVUS parameters in a consecutive ...

Improvement and automatic classification of IVUS-VH (intravascular ultrasound - virtual histology) images

Heart attack and stroke are the major causes of human death and atherosclerotic plaques are the most common effect of cardiovascular disease. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), a diagnostic imaging technique, offers a unique view of the morphology of the arterial plaque and displays the morphological and histological properties of a cross-section of the vessel. Limitations of the grayscale IVUS m...

Virtual histology intravascular ultrasound assessing the risk of cardiac allograft vasculopathy.

Early Effects of Intensive Lipid-Lowering Treatment on Plaque Characteristics Assessed by Virtual Histology Intravascular Ultrasound

PURPOSE The effects of short-term intensive lipid-lowering treatment on coronary plaque composition have not yet been sufficiently evaluated. We investigated the influence of short-term intensive lipid-lowering treatment on quantitative and qualitative changes in plaque components of non-culprit lesions in patients with acute coronary syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a prospective, ra...