Sudden cardiac death and myocardial infarction are often caused by rupture of a lipid-rich fibroatheroma. Intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS) has been used extensively to detect and characterize ...

While most people can identity a few risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure, unhealthy eating and stress, very few can identify the cause. A major contributing factor is known to ...

Results from the Lipid-Rich Plaque (LRP) study demonstrate the correlation between the presence of non-flow-limiting, non-intervened upon, lipid-rich plaques detected by NIRS-IVUS imaging and the ...

SAN DIEGO - September 24, 2018 - Results from the Lipid-Rich Plaque (LRP) study demonstrate the correlation between the presence of non-flow-limiting, non-intervened upon, lipid-rich plaques detected ...

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infraredx, Inc., a pioneer in intravascular imaging for mapping coronary artery disease, today announced the Makoto™ Intravascular Imaging System, and accompanying ...

SAN DIEGO — Intravascular near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) imaging identified non-flow-limiting, untreated lipid-rich plaque in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing ...

A high lipid burden in nonculprit vessel plaque as assessed by catheter-based near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) substantially increases the likelihood of future ischemic events, according to a study ...

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infraredx, Inc., a pioneer in intravascular imaging for mapping coronary artery disease, today presented a poster at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 67 th ...

This is a summary of a preprint research study written by authors from Chiba University, Japan, on Research Square, provided to you by Medscape. This study has not yet been peer reviewed. Visit ...

NEW YORK - October 14, 2020 - New data from the PROSPECT II study shows that NIRS-IVUS intracoronary imaging can help identify angiographically non-obstructive lesions with high-risk characteristics ...