A group of investigators met for two days in Santorini, Greece, to discuss progress in the field
of identification and treatment of high risk/vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques and patients. …

Blood-flow-induced shear stress acting on the arterial wall is of paramount importance in
vascular biology. Endothelial cells sense shear stress and largely control its value in a feedback…

OBJECTIVE: B-mode ultrasound measurement of the carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT)
is a widely used marker for atherosclerosis and is associated with future cardiovascular …

Over the last 20 years, the open-source community has provided more and more software
on which the world’s high-performance computing systems depend for performance and …

Background— Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A 2 (Lp-PLA 2 ) is expressed
abundantly in the necrotic core of coronary lesions, and products of its enzymatic activity may …

Objectives : The purpose of this document is to make the output of the International Working
Group for Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography (IWG-IVOCT) Standardization and …

Background—The composition of plaque is a major determinant of coronary-related clinical
syndromes. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) elastography has proven to be a technique …

Background— In vivo detection of vulnerable plaques is presently limited by a lack of diagnostic
tools. Intravascular ultrasound elastography is a new technique based on intravascular …

Once plaques intrude into the lumen, the shear stress they are exposed to alters with hitherto
unknown consequences for plaque composition. We investigated the relationship between …

We demonstrate intravascular photoacoustic imaging of human coronary atherosclerotic
plaque. The data was obtained from two fresh human coronary arteries ex vivo, showing …