Invasive evaluation of plaque morphology of symptomatic superficial femoral artery stenoses using combined near-infrared spectroscopy and intravascular ultrasound

In conclusion, this is the first study of combined NIRS-IVUS in patients with PAD. NIRS-IVUS demonstrates that nearly all patients with symptomatic severe SFA disease have fibrocalcific plaque, and one-third of such lesions contain LCP. These findings contrast with those in patients with acute coronary syndromes, and may have implications regarding the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis in different vascular beds.

Source: Vascular Medicine - July 24, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Zacharias, S. K., Safian, R. D., Madder, R. D., Hanson, I. D., Pica, M. C., Smith, J. L., Goldstein, J. A., Abbas, A. E. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research