First-in-man assessment of plaque rupture by polarization-sensitive optical frequency domain imaging in vivo

Eur Heart J. 2016 Jun 21;37(24):1932. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw179. Epub 2016 May 12.

Authors

Johannes N van der Sijde¹, Antonios Karanasos¹, Martin Villiger², Brett E Bouma², Evelyn Regar³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, BA-585, Erasmus Medical Center, Gravendijkwal 230, Rotterdam 3015 CE, The Netherlands.
² Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Boston, USA.
³ Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, BA-585, Erasmus Medical Center, Gravendijkwal 230, Rotterdam 3015 CE, The Netherlands e.regar@erasmusmc.nl.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Birefringence
Coronary Occlusion / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Microscopy, Polarization / methods
Middle Aged
Optical Imaging / methods
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Plaque, Atherosclerotic / diagnostic imaging*
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*

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