1)Virmani R, Kolodgie FD, Burke AP, et al. Lessons from sudden coronary death: a comprehensive morphological classification scheme for athero-sclerotic lesions. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2000; 20: 1262-75
|
|
|
2)Yamagishi M, Terashima M, Awano K, et al. Morphology of vulnerable coronary plaque: insights from follow-up of patients examined by intravascular ultrasound before an acute coro-nary syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000; 35: 106-11
|
|
|
3)Hara H, Tsunoda T, Moroi M, et al. Ultrasound attenuation behind coronary atheroma without calcification: mechanism revealed by autopsy. Acute Cardiac Care. 2006; 8: 110-2
|
|
|
4)Nair A, Margolis P, Kuban BD, et al. Automated coronary plaque characterization with intravas-cular ultrasound backscatter: ex vivo validation. Euro Intervention. 2007; 3: 113-20
|
|
|
5)Rodriguez-Granillo GA, Garcia-Garcia HM, McFadden EP, et al. In vivo intravascular ultrasound-derived thin-cap fibroatheroma detection using ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005; 46: 2038-42
|
|
|
6)Kubo T, Maehara A, Mintz GS, et al. The dynamic nature of coronary artery lesion morphology assessed by serial virtual histology intravascular ultrasound tissue characterization. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010; 55: 1590-7
|
|
|
7)Stone GW, Maehara A, Lansky AJ, et al. A prospective natural-history study of coronary atherosclerosis. N Engl J Med. 2011; 364: 226-35
|
|
|
8)Ohtani T, Ueda Y, Mizote I, et al. Number of yellow plaques detected in a coronary artery is associated with future risk of acute coronary syndrome: detection of vulnerable patients by angioscopy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006; 47: 2194-200
|
|
|
9)Yabushita H, Bouma BE, Houser SL, et al. Characterization of human atherosclerosis by optical coherence tomography. Circulation. 2002; 106: 1640-5
|
|
|
10)Kubo T, Imanishi T, Takarada S, et al. Assessment of culprit lesion morphology in acute myocardial infarction: ability of optical coher-ence tomography compared with intravascular ultrasound and coronary angioscopy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007; 50: 933-9
|
|
|
11)Tanaka A, Imanishi T, Kitabata H, et al. Morphology of exertion-triggered plaque rupture in patients with acute coronary syndrome: an optical coherence tomography study. Circulation. 2008; 118: 2368-73
|
|
|
12)Kubo T, Tanaka A, Kitabata H, et al. Optical Coherence Tomography Analysis of Clinical and Subclinical Plaque Rupture. J Clinic Experiment Cardiol. 2011; 2: 1-5 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9880.S1-00
|
|
|
13)Ino Y, Kubo T, Tanaka A, et al. Difference of culprit lesion morphologies between ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: an optical coherence tomography study. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2011; 4: 76-82
|
|
|
14)Takano M, Murakami D, Yamamoto M, et al. Natural history of a thin-cap fibroatheroma: serial observations by optical coherence tomography. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2011; 4: 638-9
|
|
|
15)Kitabata H, Tanaka A, Kubo T, et al. Relation of microchannel structure identified by optical coherence tomography to plaque vulnerability in patients with coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol. 2010; 105: 1673-8
|
|
|
16)Tanaka A, Tearney GJ, Bouma BE. Challenges on the frontier of intracoronary imaging: atheroscle-rotic plaque macrophage measurement by optical coherence tomography. J Biomed Opt. 2010; 15: 011104
|
|
|
17)Hiro T, Kimura T, Morimoto T, et al. Effect of intensive statin therapy on regression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a multicenter randomized trial evaluated by volumetric intravascular ultrasound using pitavastatin versus atorvastatin (JAPAN-ACS [Japan assessment of pitavastatin and atorvastatin in acute coronary syndrome] study). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009; 54: 293-302
|
|
|
18)Nasu K, Tsuchikane E, Katoh O, et al. Effect of fluvastatin on progression of coronary athero-sclerotic plaque evaluated by virtual histology intravascular ultrasound. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2009; 2: 689-96
|
|
|
19)Takano M, Mizuno K, Yokoyama S, et al. Changes in coronary plaque color and morphology by lipid-lowering therapy with atorvastatin: serial evaluation by coronary angioscopy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003; 42: 680-6
|
|
|
20)Takarada S, Imanishi T, Kubo T, et al. Effect of statin therapy on coronary fibrous-cap thickness in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Assessment by optical coherence tomography study. Atherosclerosis. 2009; 202: 491-7
|
|
|
21)Okura H, Taguchi H, Kubo T, et al. Athero-sclerotic plaque with ultrasonic attenuation affects coronary reflow and infarct size in pati-ents with acute coronary syndrome: an intravas-cular ultrasound study. Circ J. 2007; 71: 648-53
|
|
|
22)Bae JH, Kwon TG, Hyun DW, et al. Predictors of slow flow during primary percutaneous coronary intervention: an intravascular ultrasound-virtual histology study. Heart. 2008; 94: 1559-64
|
|
|
23)Mizote I, Ueda Y, Ohtani T, et al. Distal protection improved reperfusion and reduced left ventricular dysfunction in patients with acute myocardial infarction who had angioscopically defined ruptured plaque. Circulation. 2005; 112: 1001-7
|
|
|
24)Tanaka A, Imanishi T, Kitabata H, et al. Lipid-rich plaque and myocardial perfusion after successful stenting in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: an optical coherence tomography study. Eur Heart J. 2009; 30: 1348-55
|
|
|
25)Kubo T, Imanishi T, Takarada S, et al. Comparison of vascular response after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation between unstable angina pectoris and stable angina pectoris: a serial optical coherence tomography study. JACC Cardiovasc Img. 2008; 1: 475-84
|
|
|
26)Sonoda S, Morino Y, Ako J, et al. Impact of final stent dimensions on long-term results following sirolimus-eluting stent implantation: serial intravascular ultrasound analysis from the sirius trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004; 43: 1959-63
|
|
|
27)Awata M, Kotani J, Uematsu M, et al. Serial angioscopic evidence of incomplete neointimal coverage after sirolimus-eluting stent implanta-tion: comparison with bare-metal stents. Circula-tion. 2007; 116: 910-6
|
|
|
28)Cook S, Wenaweser P, Togni M, et al. Incomplete stent apposition and very late stent thrombosis after drug-eluting stent implantation. Circulation. 2007; 115: 2426-34
|
|
|
29)Kang SJ, Mintz GS, Akasaka T, et al. Optical coherence tomographic analysis of in-stent neoatherosclerosis after drug-eluting stent implantation. Circulation. 2011; 123: 2954-63
|
|
|
30)Pu J, Mintz GS, Brilakis ES, et al. In vivo characterization of coronary plaques: novel findings from comparing greyscale and virtual histology intravascular ultrasound and near-infrared spectroscopy. Eur Heart J. 2012; 33: 372-83
|
|
|
31)Inami S, Ishibashi F, Waxman S, et al. Multiple yellow plaques assessed by angioscopy with quantitative colorimetry in patients with myocar-dial infarction. Circ J. 2008; 72: 399-403
|
|
|
32)Tearney GJ, Waxman S, Shishkov M, et al. Three-dimensional coronary artery microscopy by intracoronary optical frequency domain imaging. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2008; 1: 752-61
|
|
|