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    2. The Effect of Stent Artefact on Quantification of Plaque Features Using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): A Feasibility and Clinical Utility Study

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      The Effect of Stent Artefact on Quantification of Plaque Features Using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): A Feasibility and Clinical Utility Study
      Background Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can detect detailed plaque features in native coronary arteries. Stent struts cause shadows that partially obscure the vessel wall, but plaque features can still be seen. We investigated the impact of stent artefact on plaque quantification and whether the plaque behind struts is associated with microvascular dysfunction. Methods Patients retrospectively recruited from two centres, underwent OCT pre- and post-stenting on the same vessel segment. Lipid ...
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      Mentions: University of Western Australia Gijs van Soest Jurgen M. Ligthart

    3. EuroIntervention Automated characterisation of lipid core plaques in vivo by quantitative optical coherence tomography tissue type imaging

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      EuroIntervention Automated characterisation of lipid core plaques in vivo by quantitative optical coherence tomography tissue type imaging
      Aims: Qualitative criteria for plaque tissue characterisation by OCT are well established, but quantitative methods lack systematic validation in vivo . High optical attenuation coefficient t has been associated with unstable plaque features, such as lipid core. The purpose of this study was to validate optical coherence tomography (OCT) attenuation imaging for tissue characterisation in vivo , specifically to detect lipid core in coronary atherosclerotic plaques, and to evaluate quantitatively the ability ...
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      Mentions: Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard University Evelyn Regar

    4. Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds implanted in Coronary Bifurcation Lesions

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      Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds implanted in Coronary Bifurcation Lesions
      Background Limited data are available on bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) performance in bifurcations lesions and on the impact of BVS wider struts on side-branch impairment. Methods Patients with at least one coronary bifurcation lesion involving a side-branch 2 mm in diameter and treated with at least one BVS were examined. Procedural and angiographic data were collected and a dedicated methodology for off-line quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) in bifurcation was applied ...
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      Mentions: Evelyn Regar Jurgen M. Ligthart Joost Daemen

    5. Safety of optical coherence tomography in daily practice: a comparison with intravascular ultrasound

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      Safety of optical coherence tomography in daily practice: a comparison with intravascular ultrasound
      Aims Previous studies have reported the safety and feasibility of both time-domain optical coherence tomography (TD-OCT) and Fourier-domain OCT (FD-OCT) in highly selected patients and clinical settings. However, the generalizability of these data is limited, and data in unselected patient populations reflecting a routine cathlab practice are lacking. We compared safety of intracoronary FD-OCT imaging to intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging in a large real-world series of consecutive patients who underwent ...
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      Mentions: Evelyn Regar Gijs van Soest Jurgen M. Ligthart

    6. Bioresorbable vascular scaffold treatment induces the formation of neointimal cap that seals the underlying plaque without compromising the luminal dimensions: a concept based on serial optical coherence tomography data

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      Bioresorbable vascular scaffold treatment induces the formation of neointimal cap that seals the underlying plaque without compromising the luminal dimensions: a concept based on serial optical coherence tomography data
      Aims: To evaluate the implications of an Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold (Absorb BVS) on the morphology of the superficial plaques. Methods and results: Forty-six patients who underwent Absorb BVS implantation and 20 patients implanted with bare metal stents (BMS) who had serial optical coherence tomographic examination at baseline and follow-up were included in this analysis. The thin-capped fibroatheromas (TCFA) were identified in the device implantation regions and in the adjacent ...
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      Mentions: Patrick W. Serruys Hector M. Garcia-Garcia Stephan Windecker

    7. An Unusual Complication After Bioresorbable Scaffold Implantation Visualization of Intramural Hematoma by Optical Coherence Tomography

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      An Unusual Complication After Bioresorbable Scaffold Implantation Visualization of Intramural Hematoma by Optical Coherence Tomography
      A 68-year-old man was treated in our catheterization laboratory for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. He had undergone 3.5 18-mm bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) implantation in the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery for stable angina in another institution 2 days before. At presentation, angiography showed a filling defect located 5 mm distally to the scaffolded segment ( Figure 1A ). An attempt at thrombus aspiration was performed, without retrieving any aspiration ...
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      Mentions: Evelyn Regar Jurgen M. Ligthart Antonios Karanasos

    8. Utility of Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging with Angiographic Co-registration for the Guidance of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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      Utility of Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging with Angiographic Co-registration for the Guidance of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
      Intracoronary optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a light-based imaging modality able to visualise with high resolution (~10 m) the vascular morphology and the acute and chronic effects of intervention with intracoronary devices. 1,2 OCT could therefore find application in the guidance of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), allowing a thorough preprocedural lesion assessment, which enables accurate device sizing, selection of the vessel segment requiring treatment, and, thus, efficient planning of ...
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      Mentions: Terumo Corporation Boston Scientific Evelyn Regar

    9. Multimodality Intra-Arterial Imaging Assessment of the Vascular Trauma Induced by Balloon-Based and Nonballoon-Based Renal Denervation Systems

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      Multimodality Intra-Arterial Imaging Assessment of the Vascular Trauma Induced by Balloon-Based and Nonballoon-Based Renal Denervation Systems
      Background Renal denervation is a new treatment considered for several possible indications. As new systems are introduced, the incidence of acute renal artery wall injury with relation to the denervation method is unknown. We investigated the acute repercussion of renal denervation on the renal arteries of patients treated with balloon-based and nonballoon-based denervation systems by quantitative angiography, intravascular ultrasound, and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods and Results Twenty-five patients (50 ...
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      Mentions: Evelyn Regar Jurgen M. Ligthart Antonios Karanasos

    10. Bioresorbable vascular scaffold treatment induces the formation of neointimal cap that seals the underlying plaque without compromising the luminal dimensions: a concept based on serial optical coherence tomography data

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      Bioresorbable vascular scaffold treatment induces the formation of neointimal cap that seals the underlying plaque without compromising the luminal dimensions: a concept based on serial optical coherence tomography data
      Aims: To evaluate the implications of an Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold (Absorb BVS) on the morphology of the superficial plaques. Methods and results: Forty-six patients who underwent Absorb BVS implantation and 20 patients implanted with bare metal stents (BMS) who had serial optical coherence tomographic examination at baseline and follow-up were included in this analysis. The thin-capped fibroatheromas (TCFA) were identified in the device implantation regions and in the adjacent ...
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      Mentions: Patrick W. Serruys Hector M. Garcia-Garcia Stephan Windecker

    11. A novel method to assess coronary artery bifurcations by OCT: cut-plane analysis for side-branch ostial assessment from a main-vessel pullback

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      A novel method to assess coronary artery bifurcations by OCT: cut-plane analysis for side-branch ostial assessment from a main-vessel pullback
      Aims In coronary bifurcations assessment, evaluation of side-branch (SB) ostia by an optical coherence tomography (OCT) pullback performed in the main branch (MB) could speed up lesion evaluation and minimize contrast volume. Dedicated software that reconstructs the cross-sections perpendicular to the SB centreline could improve this assessment. We aimed to validate a new method for assessing the SB ostium from an OCT pullback performed in the MB. Methods and results ...
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      Mentions: Leiden University Evelyn Regar Jurgen M. Ligthart

    13. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Before and After Flowdiverter Treatment in Basilar Dolichoectasia.

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      Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Before and After Flowdiverter Treatment in Basilar Dolichoectasia.
      Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is an endovascular imaging modality that utilises infrared light to create high-resolution images of the vascular system. The use of OCT in cardiology is widely accepted and considered safe for imaging of the coronary artery wall, plaques and assessment of stent deployment. In the literature to date, OCT has not been used in endovascular imaging of neurovascular pathology. In this report we describe the first case ...
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      Mentions: Evelyn Regar Jurgen M. Ligthart Erasmus University

    14. The impact of Fourier-Domain optical coherence tomography catheter induced motion artefacts on quantitative measurements of a PLLA-based bioresorbable scaffold

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      The impact of Fourier-Domain optical coherence tomography catheter induced motion artefacts on quantitative measurements of a PLLA-based bioresorbable scaffold
      Intracoronary Fourier-Domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) enables imaging of the coronary artery within 2-4 seconds, a so far unparalleled speed. Despite such fast data acquisition, cardiac and respiratory motion can cause artefacts due to longitudinal displacement of the catheter within the artery. We studied the influence of longitudinal FD-OCT catheter displacement on serial global lumen and scaffold area measurements in coronary arteries of swine that received PLLA-based bioresorbable scaffolds. In ...
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      Mentions: Evelyn Regar Hector M. Garcia-Garcia Jurgen M. Ligthart

    15. Optical Coherence Tomography-guided Bifurcation Stenting of a Coronary Artery Dissection

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      Optical Coherence Tomography-guided Bifurcation Stenting of a Coronary Artery Dissection
      Periprocedural guide-wire induced coronary artery dissection is a rare but potentially serious complication of PCI. Immediate stenting of the entry point is one of the therapeutic options but engaging the guide-wire in the true lumen may be challenging. We report a case of a 55-year-old woman with a guide-wire induced coronary dissection that occurred during treatment of a bifurcation lesion. Optical coherence tomography was instrumental to distinguish true form false ...
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      Mentions: Evelyn Regar Jurgen M. Ligthart Erasmus University

    16. Three-dimensional optical coherence tomography for guidance of complex percutaneous coronary interventions

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      Three-dimensional optical coherence tomography for guidance of complex percutaneous coronary interventions
      Angiographic, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and 3-Dimensional OCT Appearance of the Treated Vessel Pre- (upper panel) and post- (lower panel) intervention (mid panel). Although the angiographic images remained substantially unchanged there was a remarkable improvement (normalization) of the fractional flow reserve measurements after optimization of the stents geometry.
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      Mentions: Jurgen M. Ligthart Erasmus University Roberto Diletti
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    Jurgen Ligthart is at the Thoraxcenter at Erasmus University Medical Center

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