The role of integrated backscatter intravascular ultrasound in characterizing bare metal and drug-eluting stent restenotic neointima as compared to optical coherence tomography

Abstract

IB-IVUS assessment of the ISR neointima pattern appears to provide similar information as the gold-standard OCT in patients with stable angina. Both modalities suggested that late DES restenosis is characterized by a non-homogeneous lipid-laden neointima.

The histological characteristics and virtual histology findings of the tissues obtained by a distal protection device during endovascular therapy for peripheral artery disease

“…Grayscale IVUS and VH-IVUS image analyses of the minimal lumen area were performed. Histological imaging techniques [11] including VH-IVUS [12] have recently been used to analyze intravascular plaque. VH-IVUS employs a spectral analysis of the ultrasound backscatter, with the different plaque components comprising a defined spectrum.…”