The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
CORONARY INTERVENTIONS
Combined NIRS and IVUS imaging detects vulnerable plaque using a single catheter system: a head-to-head comparison with OCT
EuroIntervention 2014;10:303-311 published online ahead of print April 2014. DOI: 10.4244/EIJV10I3A53
Tomasz Roleder1, MD, PhD; Jason C. Kovacic1, MD, PhD; Ziad Ali2, MD, PhD; Raman Sharma1; Ecatarina Cristea1, MD ; Pedro Moreno1, MD; Samin K. Sharma1, MD; Jagat Narula1, MD, PhD; Annapoorna S. Kini1*, MD
1. Mount Sinai Medical Center and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 2. Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, USA
Aims: The presence of thin-cap fibroatheromas (TCFA) is associated with high risk of acute coronary syndrome, hence their early detection may identify high-risk patients. In the present s