NIRS to identify vulnerable plaques

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 15 October 2019; doi:10.1038/s41569-019-0299-6Near-infrared spectroscopy–intravascular ultrasonography of mildly or non-obstructive coronary arteries in patients with suspected coronary artery disease undergoing catheterization and possible percutaneous coronary intervention is safe and can detect both patients and non-culprit vulnerable plaques at high risk of secondary coronary events
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