Diagnostic Performance of High-Resolution Intravascular Ultrasound for the Detection of Plaque Rupture in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome.

CONCLUSIONS: HR-IVUS had high sensitivity, but modest specificity for identifying OCT-derived plaque rupture. Compared with results from previous conventional IVUS studies, HR-IVUS might have increased ability to detect OCT-derived plaque rupture, but there is still substantial scope for improvement, especially in the specificity.
PMID: 31611536 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Circulation Journal - October 11, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ohashi H, Ando H, Takashima H, Waseda K, Shimoda M, Fujimoto M, Sawada H, Suzuki A, Sakurai S, Nakano Y, Amano T Tags: Circ J Source Type: research