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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
The catheterization laboratory is an excellent resource for translational research projects requiring phenotypic analysis of coronary artery disease. Coronary angiography, a traditional method of quantifying coronary disease, remains useful for describing the extent and the severity of angiographic coronary disease but is limited by the fact that angiography only depicts the effect of atherosclerosis on the arterial lumen. For this reason, quantitative coronary angiography has been supplemented by intravascular ultrasound and other catheter-based techniques and non-invasive methods for studies involving atherosclerosis progression and regression. Other angiographic based techniques potentially useful in research include the semi-quantification of collateral circulation, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) frame count, and TIMI blush score. The invasive assessment of coronary flow reserve and fractional flow reserve is a valuable adjunctive technique and can be used to precisely quantify the extent of ischemia or the presence of microvascular disease. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is currently considered the gold standard for early diagnosis of coronary atherosclerosis and for measuring plaque burden. The serial measurements of changes in plaque volume over time are a valuable method of discerning plaque progression and regression. Similarly, radiofrequency backscatter IVUS, a relatively new imaging modality, can be used to describe and track changes in plaque composition.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1937-5395
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
385-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Clinical Laboratory Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Coronary Angiography, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Coronary Artery Disease, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Coronary Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Diagnostic Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Echocardiography, Doppler, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Heart Catheterization, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Microcirculation, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Myocardial Perfusion Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Severity of Illness Index, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Translational Medical Research, pubmed-meshheading:21445697-Ultrasonography, Interventional
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Techniques for phenotyping coronary artery disease in the cardiac catheterization laboratory for applications in translational research.
pubmed:affiliation
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, VA, USA. mr8b@virginia.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review