title: [Invasive diagnostic imaging of coronary atherosclerosis].
abstract: Invasive diagnostic imaging technique of coronary atherosclerosis has rapidly developed. For example, intravascular ultrasound(IVUS) is recognized as an essential device for percutaneous coronary intervention to evaluate the vessel wall, vascular lumen and coronary plaque morphologies because of its accuracy for quantitative analysis capability. Recently new imaging modalities such as radio-frequency signal analysis, elastography and contrast harmonic echography have been developed for the evaluation of histological characteristics. Also, optical coherence tomography(OCT), which provides approximately ten-times higher-resolutional cross-section images of the coronary arterial wall in comparison with IVUS, became available in clinical setting. In this article, we review the latest progress of the invasive diagnostic imaging of coronary atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science.
authors.forename: Tadatsugu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gamou
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawashiri
authors.forename: Hayato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: Kenshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic / Q000175:diagnosis; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional