title: Remodeling characteristics of minimally diseased coronary arteries are consistent along the length of the artery.
abstract: Using a method that creates anatomically correct, 3-dimensional arterial reconstructions, 55 minimally diseased coronary arteries from 40 patients were studied. Homogenous remodeling characteristics along the entire length of the artery were observed in 48 arteries (87%). In the aggregate, arteries exhibited compensatory expansive remodeling. Individually, the full spectrum of compensatory expansive remodeling (60%), excessive expansive remodeling (21%), and constrictive remodeling (19%) was observed across arteries. Each artery was consistent in its remodeling characteristics from proximal to distal portions of the artery, and the remodeling pattern of each artery was independent within the same patient.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Charles L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: Ahmet Umit
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: Yerem
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yeghiazarians
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kinlay
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wahle
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Olszewski
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Rossen
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sonka
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Popma
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Orav
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Kuntz
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography