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Circulation, Vol 81, 1575-1585, Copyright © 1990 by American Heart Association


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Coronary artery imaging with intravascular high-frequency ultrasound

BN Potkin, AL Bartorelli, JM Gessert, RF Neville, Y Almagor, WC Roberts and MB Leon
Cardiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

Safe and effective clinical application of new interventional therapies may require more precise imaging of atherosclerotic coronary arteries. To determine the reliability of catheter-based intravascular ultrasound as an imaging modality, a miniaturized prototype ultrasound system (1- mm transducer; center frequency, 25 MHz) was used to acquire two- dimensional, cross-sectional images in 21 human coronary arteries from 13 patients studied at necropsy who had moderate-to-severe atherosclerosis. Fifty-four atherosclerotic sites imagined by ultrasound were compared with formalin-fixed and fresh histological sections of the coronary arteries with a digital video planimetry system. Ultrasound and histological measurements correlated significantly (all p less than 0.0001) for coronary artery cross- sectional area (r = 0.94), residual lumen cross-sectional area (r = 0.85), percent cross-sectional area (r = 0.84), and linear wall thickness (plaque and media) measured at 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees (r = 0.92). Moreover, ultrasound accurately predicted histological plaque composition in 96% of cases. Anatomic features of the coronary arteries that were easily discernible were the lumen-plaque and media-adventitia interfaces, very bright echoes casting acoustic shadows in calcified plaques, bright and homogeneous echoes in fibrous plaques, and relatively echo-lucent images in lipid- filled lesions. These data indicate that intravascular ultrasound provides accurate image characterization of the artery lumen and wall geometry as well as the presence, distribution, and histological type of atherosclerotic plaque. Thus, ultrasound imaging appears to have great potential application for enhanced diagnosis of coronary atherosclerosis and may serve to guide new catheter-based techniques in the treatment of coronary artery disease.


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G. S. Mintz, K. M. Kent, A. D. Pichard, L. F. Satler, J. J. Popma, and M. B. Leon
Contribution of Inadequate Arterial Remodeling to the Development of Focal Coronary Artery Stenoses : An Intravascular Ultrasound Study
Circulation, April 1, 1997; 95(7): 1791 - 1798.
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K. F. Kofoed, J. Czernin, J. Johnson, J. Kobashigawa, M. E. Phelps, H. Laks, and H. R. Schelbert
Effects of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy on Myocardial Blood Flow, Vasodilatory Capacity, and Coronary Vasomotion
Circulation, February 4, 1997; 95(3): 600 - 606.
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R. Hoffmann, G. S. Mintz, G. R. Dussaillant, J. J. Popma, A. D. Pichard, L. F. Satler, K. M. Kent, J. Griffin, and M. B. Leon
Patterns and Mechanisms of In-Stent Restenosis: A Serial Intravascular Ultrasound Study
Circulation, September 15, 1996; 94(6): 1247 - 1254.
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Y. Nakamura, H. Takemori, K. Shiraishi, I. Inoki, M. Sakagami, A. Shimakura, K. Usuda, K. Kubota, S. Takata, and K.-i. Kobayashi
Compensatory Enlargement of Angiographically Normal Coronary Segments in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: In Vivo Documentation Using Intravascular Ultrasound
Angiology, August 1, 1996; 47(8): 775 - 781.
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G. S. Mintz, J. J. Popma, A. D. Pichard, K. M. Kent, L. F. Satler, S. Chiu Wong, M. K. Hong, J. A. Kovach, and M. B. Leon
Arterial Remodeling After Coronary Angioplasty : A Serial Intravascular Ultrasound Study
Circulation, July 1, 1996; 94(1): 35 - 43.
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G. S. Mintz, J. J. Popma, A. D. Pichard, K. M. Kent, L. F. Satler, Y. Chien Chuang, R. A. DeFalco, and M. B. Leon
Limitations of Angiography in the Assessment of Plaque Distribution in Coronary Artery Disease : A Systematic Study of Target Lesion Eccentricity in 1446 Lesions
Circulation, March 1, 1996; 93(5): 924 - 931.
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T. Nishioka, H. Luo, H. Berglund, N. L. Eigler, C.-J. Kim, S. W. Tabak, and R. J. Siegel
Absence of Focal Compensatory Enlargement or Constriction in Diseased Human Coronary Saphenous Vein Bypass Grafts : An Intravascular Ultrasound Study
Circulation, February 15, 1996; 93(4): 683 - 690.
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G. S. Mintz, J. A. Kovach, S. P. Javier, A. D. Pichard, K. M. Kent, J. J. Popma, L. F. Salter, and M. B. Leon
Mechanisms of Lumen Enlargement After Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty : An Intravascular Ultrasound Study
Circulation, December 15, 1995; 92(12): 3408 - 3414.
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A. J. Bank, R. F. Wilson, S. H. Kubo, J. E. Holte, T. J. Dresing, and H. Wang
Direct Effects of Smooth Muscle Relaxation and Contraction on In Vivo Human Brachial Artery Elastic Properties
Circ. Res., November 1, 1995; 77(5): 1008 - 1016.
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J. A. Kovach, J. S. Gottdiener, and R. L. Verrier
Vagal Modulation of Epicardial Coronary Artery Size in Dogs : A Two-Dimensional Intravascular Ultrasound Study
Circulation, October 15, 1995; 92(8): 2291 - 2298.
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P. J. de Feyter, Y. Ozaki, J. Baptista, J. Escaned, C. Di Mario, P. P.T. de Jaegere, P. W. Serruys, and J. R.T.C. Roelandt
Ischemia-Related Lesion Characteristics in Patients With Stable or Unstable Angina : A Study With Intracoronary Angioscopy and Ultrasound
Circulation, September 15, 1995; 92(6): 1408 - 1413.
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H. C. Stary, A. B. Chandler, R. E. Dinsmore, V. Fuster, S. Glagov, W. Insull Jr, M. E. Rosenfeld, C. J. Schwartz, W. D. Wagner, and R. W. Wissler
A Definition of Advanced Types of Atherosclerotic Lesions and a Histological Classification of Atherosclerosis : A Report From the Committee on Vascular Lesions of the Council on Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, September 1, 1995; 15(9): 1512 - 1531.
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H. C. Stary, A. B. Chandler, R. E. Dinsmore, V. Fuster, S. Glagov, W. Insull Jr, M. E. Rosenfeld, C. J. Schwartz, W. D. Wagner, and R. W. Wissler
A Definition of Advanced Types of Atherosclerotic Lesions and a Histological Classification of Atherosclerosis : A Report From the Committee on Vascular Lesions of the Council on Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association
Circulation, September 1, 1995; 92(5): 1355 - 1374.
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G. S. Mintz, J. J. Popma, A. D. Pichard, K. M. Kent, L. F. Satler, Y. C. Chuang, C. J. Ditrano, and M. B. Leon
Patterns of Calcification in Coronary Artery Disease : A Statistical Analysis of Intravascular Ultrasound and Coronary Angiography in 1155 Lesions
Circulation, April 1, 1995; 91(7): 1959 - 1965.
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D. Recchia, A. M. Sharkey, M. S. Bosner, N. T. Kouchoukos, and S. A. Wickline
Sensitive Detection of Abnormal Aortic Architecture in Marfan Syndrome With High-Frequency Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization
Circulation, February 15, 1995; 91(4): 1036 - 1043.
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A. Tanaka, T. Kawarabayashi, Y. Nishibori, T. Sano, Y. Nishida, D. Fukuda, K. Shimada, and J. Yoshikawa
No-Reflow Phenomenon and Lesion Morphology in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
Circulation, May 7, 2002; 105(18): 2148 - 2152.
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