Atlas of Coronary Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography

• Main Authors: Kini, Annapoorna (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Narula, Jagat (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Vengrenyuk, Yuliya (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sharma, Samin (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Cardiac imaging.; Cardiology.; Cardiac Imaging.

This atlas is a practical and fully illustrated guide to the use of intravascular OCT in diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease. It consists of two parts. The first part of the book provides a systematic introduction to coronary imaging with OCT. It describes how to interpret images and...

Table of Contents:

• Basics of OCT imaging: Introduction
• OCT principles and image artefacts
• Atherosclerosis: plaque morphology, qualitative assessment
• Stent assessment
• Clinical applications
• Research applications
• Pre-PCI lesion assessment
• Thrombosis
• Stent apposition and expansion
• In-stent restenosis
• Atherectomy
• Bifurcation lesions.