Imaging of Coronary Artery Anomalies
Fig. 5.1 Distribution of causes of sudden death in 1,435 young athletes (From Maron [55] with permission) Normal Coronary Anatomy A fundamental issue in the definition of coronary anomalies lies…
Intracoronary Imaging for PCI Planning and Stent Optimization
Reference vessel diameter (mm) MLA (mm2) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) IVUS <3.0 <2.4 63 67 3.0–3.5 <2.7 58 75 >3.5 <3.6 57 71 OCT ≥3.0 1.95 82 63 <3.0 1.62…
Coronary Flow Resistance and Reserve
Fig. 6.1 Pressure, resistance, and response to metabolites of epicardial coronary arteries, arterioles, and the microvasculature (From Camici and Crea [2] with permission) (a) Resistance arteries (100–400 μm) (pre-arterioles): these…
