Fig. 5.1 IVUS-derived plaque evident in angiographically normal segments. A coronary angiogram showing minimal atherosclerotic disease within the mid portion of the left circumflex artery. Inset shows the corresponding IVUS…
Fig. 13.1 (a) Axial view of proximal right coronary artery (thin arrows) and left coronary artery (thick arrows) acquired on 1.5 T system using the whole heart, navigator technique. AO…
Fig. 6.1 Several traditional and nontraditional factors are associated with the development of cardiac allograft vasculopathy Evaluation The clinical evaluation for CAV is challenging as the development and progression of…
Fig. 4.1 The three-layered appearance of a cross sectional coronary artery as assessed by IVUS. I intima, M media, A adventitia, L lumen, C IVUS catheter There are two different…
Fig. 15.1 A vulnerable patient, characterized by vulnerable blood, vulnerable myocardium, and vulnerable plaque, may be identified by using risk calculators such as Framingham and Reynolds, which include biomarkers. A…
Stephen J. Nicholls and Tim Crowe (eds.)Contemporary CardiologyImaging Coronary Atherosclerosis201410.1007/978-1-4939-0572-0_11 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 11. Coronary Calcification: Roles in Risk Prediction and Monitoring Therapies Irfan Zeb1 and Matthew J. Budoff1 (1) Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Los…
Fig. 3.1 Relationship between in-stent loss (ISL) and binary angiographic restenosis (Adapted from Brener SJ, Prasad AJ, Khan Z, Sacchi TJ. The relationship between late lumen loss and restenosis among…
Fig. 1.1 Role of LDL, monocyte, macrophage, and chemokines for atherogenesis. ICAM intercellular adhesion molecule, LDL low-density lipoprotein, MCP monocyte chemoattractant protein, MPO myeloperoxidase, sPLA2 secretory phospholipase A2, TNF tumor…
Fig. 11.1 Multiplanar reformatted targeted three-dimensional T2 preparation echo coronary MRI depicting the right coronary artery (RCA), left main coronary artery (LM), and left circumflex (LCX). The in-plane spatial resolution…
Fig. 9.1 Prospectively triggered scanning. In this mode there is intermittent table motion, triggered by the ECG R-wave of the oncoming beat. Prospective mode is facilitated by a wider detector…
