An intravascular ultrasound appraisal of atherosclerotic plaque distribution in diseased coronary arteries
Golinvaux N, Maehara A, Mintz GS, Lansky AJ, McPherson J, Farhat N, Marso S, de Bruyne B, Serruys PW, Templin B, Cheong WF, Aaskar R, Fahy M, Mehran R, Leon M, Stone GW. An intravascular ultrasound appraisal of atherosclerotic plaque distribution in diseased coronary arteries. American Heart Journal 2012, 163: 624-631. PMID: 22520529, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.07.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight coronary arteryCoronary arteryPlaque burdenDistal segmentsDistal LADDistal right coronary arteryAtherosclerotic plaque distributionAnterior descending (LAD) arteryDistal coronary arteriesProximal coronary arteriesDiseased coronary arteriesExternal elastic membraneProximal cross sectionsArtery plaquesIntravascular ultrasound dataPlaque distributionProximal vesselsMid segmentsIntravascular ultrasoundMedian percentageArteryProximal segmentSignificant diseaseLADDisease