The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Clinical research
The impact of an eccentric intravascular ImageWire during coronary optical coherence tomography imaging
EuroIntervention 2011;6:963-969.
Nobuaki Suzuki1, MD; Giulio Guagliumi2, MD; Hiram G. Bezerra1, MD, PhD; Vasile Sirbu2, MD; Noah Rosenthal1, MD; Giuseppe Musumeci2, MD; Alessandro Aprile2, MD; Hui Wang3, PhD; Hiroyuki Kyono1, MD; Satoko Tahara1, MD, PhD; Daniel I. Simon1, MD; Andrew Rollins3, PhD; Marco A. Costa1*, MD, PhD
1. Harrington-McLaughlin Heart and Vascular Institute and Cardialysis-Cleveland Core Laboratories, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland OH, USA; 2. Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy; 3. Biomedical Engineering,
Aims: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides high-resolution imaging which enables characterisation of atherosclerosis and vascular response to injury, but to ensure optimal analysis,