Unlocking the Secrets of Acute Coronary Syndromes Using Intravascular Imaging: From Pathophysiology to Improving Outcomes

Anastasios Apostolos, Antonios Karanasos, Nikolaos Ktenopoulos, Sotirios Tsalamandris, Panayotis K. Vlachakis, Ioannis Kachrimanidis, Ioannis Skalidis, Marios Sagris, Leonidas Koliastasis, Maria Drakopoulou, Andreas Synetos, Konstantinos Tsioufis, Konstantinos Toutouzas · 2024

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Anastasios Apostolos and co-authors reviewed imaging inside heart arteries in two thousand twenty-four. Acute coronary syndromes are heart disease at its deadliest. Ultrasound and light-based probes now travel inside arteries. They reveal exactly how a blockage formed. Plaque rupture, erosion, and calcium nodules look distinct. Non-blockage causes also come into view.

The same tools guide stent placement precisely. Sizing and expansion checks improve outcomes. Guidelines increasingly endorse routine imaging use. The review gathers mechanisms, technique, and prognostic value. Future event risk can be read from images. Operators get a full practice update. Patients benefit from fewer repeat emergencies.

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CREATORAnastasios Apostolos, Antonios Karanasos, Nikolaos Ktenopoulos, Sotirios Tsalamandris, Panayotis K. Vlachakis, Ioannis Kachrimanidis, Ioannis Skalidis, Marios Sagris, Leonidas Koliastasis, Maria Drakopoulou, Andreas Synetos, Konstantinos Tsioufis, Konstantinos Toutouzas
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
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VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11642377

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