A "light based biopsy" for high-risk atherosclerotic plaque

Atherosclerosis. 2020 Sep:309:65-66. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2020.08.023. Epub 2020 Aug 28.

Authors

Kamran Majeed¹, Graham S Hillis¹, Carl J Schultz²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
² Department of Cardiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Electronic address: Carl.schultz@uwa.edu.au.

PMID: 32921431
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2020.08.023

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Atherosclerosis; Myocardial infarction; Optical coherence tomography; Risk assessment; Vulnerable plaque.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Coronary Vessels
Humans
Myocardial Infarction*
Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
Prognosis
Tomography, Optical Coherence