title: Virtual histology intravascular ultrasound in carotid interventions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report early clinical experience with virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH IVUS) in carotid endoluminal repair.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 2.9-F, 20-MHz catheter that utilizes computer software to demonstrate the histological components of arteriosclerotic plaque was evaluated during carotid angioplasty and stenting. VH IVUS images were created following a pullback through the carotid stenosis and produced a color-coded map of the different histological constituents of the disease (dark green: fibrous, yellow/green: fibrofatty, white: calcified, and red: necrotic lipid core plaque).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  VH IVUS produces a color-coded map of the different histological components of artery plaque. It has the potential to predict how the plaque is likely to behave at the moment of endoluminal treatment.
authors.affiliation: Wishaw Hospital, Wishaw, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Irshad
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Millar
authors.forename: Raj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Velu
authors.forename: Allan W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Edward B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Diethrich
authors.forename: Donald B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017130:Angioplasty; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003196:Computer Graphics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012984:Software; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional; D014584:User-Computer Interface