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Vascular Wall Imaging of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Carotid Plaques: Current State of the Art and Potential Future of Endovascular Optical Coherence Tomography.
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PMID:  22403778     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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SUMMARY:As stroke is one of the leading causes of death and long-term morbidity worldwide, the research community has studied cardiac embolic sources, as well as vessel wall pathologies. For the latter, attention has been focused on defining morphologic tissue features associated with catastrophic events stemming from the carotid artery. Multiple noninvasive imaging modalities are currently being used to image and classify carotid atherosclerotic plaques, such as MR imaging, CT, and sonography, in an effort to provide clinically relevant predictive metrics for use in patient risk stratification and to define appropriate treatment options. This article compares and contrasts these existing clinical imaging modalities along with discussion of a new endovascular technique originally developed for cardiology, OCT, with which 3D comprehensive high-resolution images of the arterial wall can be acquired.
Authors:
B A Standish; J Spears; T R Marotta; W Montanera; V X D Yang
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-3-8
Journal Detail:
Title:  AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1936-959X     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Mar 
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Created Date:  2012-3-9     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  8003708     Medline TA:  AJNR Am J Neuroradiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Biophotonics and Bioengineering Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Medical Physics Program, Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Imaging Research, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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