Articles from T. Akasaka

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  1. Cardiac Optical Coherence Tomography

    Heart (Aug 13 2008) Cardiology Explore Article

    Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed world. The risk of future acute coronary events appears to be largely dependent on the presence of morphologically distinct, atherosclerotic plaques,1 rather than the presence of severely stenotic lesions as assessed by angiography.2 Angiography, however, cannot provide details of the vascular wall and identify these so-called "vulnerable plaques". To identify, study and potentially treat these ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Massachusetts General Hospital   Ik-Kyung Jang   Harvard University

  2. Identification of multiple plaque ruptures by optical coherence tomography in a patient with acute myocardial infarction: a three-vessel study

    Heart (Apr 13 2008) Cardiology Explore Article

    Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a new imaging modality capable of obtaining cross-sectional images of coronary vessels with a high resolution of about 10 µm, which is about 10-fold greater than that of intravascular ultrasound. A 57-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with acute posterior myocardial infarction. An emergency coronary angiography demonstrated 99% stenosis (TIMI 2 flow) in segment 11 of the left circumflex artery, and 75% stenosis in ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Lightlab ImageWire   LightLab Imaging   Wakayama Medical University

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