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USC Discussion 2022: Vulnerable Plaque in Patients with ACS
Author(s): Farshad Forouzandeh , Aloke V Finn Added: 2 years ago
In this insightful discussion, Dr Aloke V Finn (CVPath Institute & University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, US) and Dr Farshad Forouzandeh (Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, US) discuss key questions relating to vulnerable plaque in patients with acute coronary syndrome: How has intravascular imaging improved our understanding of vulnerable plaques, and in which direction… View more

MI/ACS
Author(s): Atsushi Sakamoto , Anne Cornelissen , Yu Sato , et al Added: 2 years ago

Vascular Disease and Surgery
Renu Virmani
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: President and Medical Director
Personal History Dr Renu Virmani was born in 1943 in Pakistan. Her father was an industrialist of Delhi and Amritsar, India.2 As the youngest girl in a family of ten children, Dr Virmani was always driven to stand out and excel. Her aunt, who was a neurologist, was instrumental in forging her ambitions to pursue medicine. “I admired her and she showed me that women can do whatever they want… View more
Author(s): David Morrow Added: 3 years ago
Risk stratification of patients with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) starts on presentation and is a continuous process to predict those who are at high risk for further ischemic events or adverse outcomes. Among patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), risk stratification begins with initial assessment to detect patients at immediate high risk. Subsequent evaluation is… View more

MI/ACS
Intravascular Ultrasound-guided Versus Angiography-guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Evidence from Observational Studies and Randomized Controlled Trials
Author(s): Xiao-Fei Gao , Xiang-Quan Kong , Guang-Feng Zuo , et al Added: 3 years ago
Coronary angiography is widely used to diagnose coronary artery disease and to guide percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, 2D projection angiography cannot completely reflect the 3D coronary lumen, with several inherent limitations in evaluating plaque composition, vessel diameter, diffuse reference vessel disease, lesion severity, as well as the result of stent deployment. In the… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Intervention
Author(s): Christopher M Kramer Added: 3 years ago
Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease that can silently affect the entire vascular system and often manifests clinically as stroke, myocardial infarction or sudden cardiac death. Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, the sequelae of atherosclerosis remain the leading cause of death in adult Americans. Traditionally the gold standard for the diagnosis and assessment of atherosclerosis… View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
ACC 23: Effect of Evolocumab on Coronary Plaque Morphology: The YELLOW III Study
Author(s): Annapoorna Kini Added: 1 year ago
ACC.23/WCC — Principle investigator of YELLOW III, Dr Annapoorna Subhash Kini(Mount Sinai Hospital, US) joins us to talk about the study that assessed the effect of evolocumab (Repatha) on coronary plaque morphology using intravascular imaging and gene expression analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in 140 patients with stable CAD on maximally tolerated statin therapy … View more

Imaging & Diagnostics

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Wolfgang Koenig , Natalie Khuseyinova Added: 3 years ago
Atherosclerosis is characterized by a non-specific local inflammatory process accompanied by a systemic response. A number of prospective studies in initially healthy subjects and in patients with manifest atherosclerosis have now convincingly demonstrated a strong and independent association between even slightly elevated concentrations of various systemic markers of inflammation and a number of… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): George A Beller Added: 3 years ago
A significant amount of data has accumulated over the past 20 years, demonstrating the value of exercise or pharmacologic stress non-invasive cardiovascular imaging techniques for the diagnostic and prognostic assessment of patients with suspected or known cardiovascular disease.1-8 Stress can be induced by either multistage exercise testing that is symptom-limited or by pharmacologic means with… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions