Intravascular imaging : OCT and IVUS /: OCT and IVUS. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Matthew J. Price.
• Editors: Price, Matthew J
• Contents: Front Cover; Interventional Cardiology Clinics; Copyright ; Contributors; Contents; Intravascular Imaging: Oct And Ivus ; Fundamentals of Optical Coherence Tomography; Key points; Introduction; Principles of optical coherence tomography image acquisition; Optical coherence tomography image interpretation: qualitative analysis; Normal Coronary Artery; Plaque Characterization; Acute Coronary Syndrome; Optical Coherence Tomography Features Associated with Vulnerability for Plaque Rupture; Thin-cap fibroatheroma; Extracellular lipid pools; Microchannels; Macrophages; Spotty calcium. Cholesterol crystalsOptical coherence tomography image interpretation: quantitative analysis; Artifacts; Artifacts Related to Imaging Technique; Obliquity artifact; Residual blood; Artifacts Related to Image Processing; Sew-up artifact; Nonuniform rotation distortion; Fold-over artifact; Artifacts Related to the Imaging Catheter or Guidewire; Shadow artifact; Multiple reflections; Artifacts Related to Stent Struts; Reverberation artifact; Saturation artifact; Blooming artifact; Artifacts Related to Eccentric Wire Position; Proximity artifact; Tangential signal dropout; Merry-go-round effect. Sunflower effectSummary; References; Technical Considerations and Practical Guidance for Intracoronary Optical Coherence Tomography; Key points; Introduction; Optical coherence tomography systems available in the United States at present; Clinical application of intracoronary optical coherence tomography; Optical Coherence Tomography for the Assessment of Coronary Stenosis Severity; Optical Coherence Tomography for Guiding Stent Implantation; Optical Coherence Tomography for the Assessment of Stent Thrombosis and Restenosis; Technical approach to optical coherence tomography imaging. Catheter SetupCatheter Positioning Within the Target Vessel; Image Acquisition; Preparation for Measurements; Coregistration with Coronary Angiography; Tips for optimal image acquisition; Guiding Catheter Considerations; Flushing Options to Create a Blood-Free Lumen; Manual or Power Injection; Optimal Settings for Power Injection; Large Reference Vessel Diameter; Other considerations; Time; Safety; Contrast; Protocol for In-Laboratory Measurements; Summary; References; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Planning and Optimization with Optical Coherence Tomography; Key points. Introduction: why optical coherence tomography imaging?Current evidence on optical coherence tomography for guiding percutaneous coronary intervention; Essential components for using optical coherence tomography to guide percutaneous coronary intervention; Use of optical coherence tomography in clinical practice; Optical Coherence Tomography After Diagnostic Angiography and Before Intervention; Diagnosis and characterization of coronary atherosclerosis; Nonatherosclerotic coronary artery disease; Unclear and challenging situations; Prediction of lesion progression and vulnerability.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 617.4/1207543; Coronary heart disease -- Diagnosis; Heart -- Imaging; Heart -- Thermography; Optical coherence tomography; Intravascular ultrasonography; Coronary heart disease -- Diagnosis; Heart -- Imaging; Heart -- Thermography; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General; Coronary heart disease -- Diagnosis; Heart -- Imaging; Heart -- Thermography; Intravascular ultrasonography; Optical coherence tomography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323391047; 0323391044
• Related ISBNs: 9780323391030; 0323391036
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 01, 2016).
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