Atlas of intracoronary ultrasound : with clinical and angiographic correlations

Distilling more than ten years of experience with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), Intracoronary Ultrasound summarizes Dr Mintz's own experiences as well as published and unpublished observations of others in the field. The text incorporates angiographic and uses pathologic observations to fill in the gaps in knowledge of coronary artery disease as assessed by IVUS alone. In most cases each IVUS figure includes a linear sequence of equidistantly-spaced image slices that illustrates the full length morphology of the lesion and/or the pullback of the transducer through the lesion. It provides the reader with an excellent guide for revision, confirming diagnoses, and teaching. Book cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Dedication......Page 3 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 1 Basics......Page 10 2 Quantitative and qualitative analyses......Page 31 3 Practical considerations......Page 64 4 Quantitative and qualitative IVUS data and their angiographic correlations......Page 83 5 Remodeling, acute coronary syndromes, vulnerable plaques, plaque rupture, stenosis formation, and progression/regression......Page 105 6 Pre-intervention and diagnostic imaging, lesion assessment, and device sizing......Page 143 7 Interventional imaging and recognition of complications......Page 202 8 Mechanisms, prevention, and treatment of restenosis......Page 326 Index......Page 434 Intracoronary Ultrasound is the result of more than ten years of experience with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). It summarizea both Dr Mintz's own experiences as well as published and unpublished observations of others in the field. The first true IVUS system was designed by Bom and his associates in Rotterdam in 1971;1,2 it was conceived as an improved technique for visualizing cardiac chambers and valves.