title: [Coronary atherosclerosis assessed by coronary angiography or intravascular ultrasound].
abstract: Intensive lowering of serum cholesterol in patients with ischaemic heart disease may retard atherosclerotic progression, and may even cause a limited regression in some patients and partly restore endothelial function. Coronary angiography has been the standard method to evaluate coronary anatomy. However, coronary angiography delineates only the vessel lumen as a silhouette, a perspective that is incapable of reflecting the irregular nature of the atherosclerotic vessel wall changes. Three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound provides cross-sectional and longitudinal images of both the vessel lumen and wall and the plaque volume can be measured in entire arterial segments. Three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound is a reliable technique to measure progression and regression of atherosclerosis in coronary arteries.
authors.affiliation: Odense Universitetshospital, kardiologisk afdeling B. Okkels@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thayssen
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Haghfelt
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D006801:Humans