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Vulnerable plaque has been THE burning topic for the past three years! Where are we in terms of detection and therapeutic options? Discover the key lectures from EuroPCR 2005 and, for the first time, view a live case on EuroPCRonline.com
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Clinical Case - LIVE!
Discover one of the first cases of plaque evaluation using intravascular MRI:

Operators: W. Wijns, G. Heyndrickx
Patient Data: Female, 67 Years old
Type of Procedure: Coronary
Level: Intermediate

A live case from Aalst (55 min.)
The size of this video allows a comfortable viewing.
The 6-month follow-up for this live case is now available. Access the latest images and comments here.		 Clinical Case

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As a pathologist, Dr Virmani reminds us what are the mechanisms and the natural history of atheroma plaque prone to be ruptured
R. Virmani

Different views of the best ways to detect and to treat vulnerable plaque
P. R. Moreno

Debate on vulnerable plaque: detection and treatment is the next frontier in interventional cardiology - Pro
J. Schaar

Debate on vulnerable plaque: detection and treatment is the next frontier in interventional cardiology - Contra
J. Ambrose

Should we stent vulnerable plaque ? the answer from Dr De Bruyne
B. De Bruyne

What is the prognosis of silently ruptured plaques ? Some answers are there
M. Gilard

Is there a place for for DES as a treatment of vulnerable plaque ? A strong debate: Pro
R.E. Kuntz

Is there a place for for DES as a treatment of vulnerable plaque ? A strong debate: Contra
A. Zalewski

EuroIntervention Journal
Intracoronary thermography: heat generation, transfer and detection
A. G. ten Have, F. J.H. Gijsen, J. J. Wentzel, C. J. Slager, P. W. Serruys, A. F.W. van der Steen

First-in-man prospective evaluation of temporal changes in coronary plaque composition by in vivo intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis: an Integrated Biomarker and Imaging Study (IBIS) substudy
Gastón A. Rodriguez-Granillo, Patrick W. Serruys, Eugène P. McFadden, Carlos A.G. van Mieghem, Dick Goedhart, Nico Bruining, Antonius F.W. van der Steen, Willem J. van der Giessen, Peter de Jaegere, D. Geoffrey Vince, George Sianos, June Kaplow, Andrew Zalewski, Pim J. de Feyter

Detection of a necrotic core-rich, highly deformable plaque in an angiographically non-diseased proximal LAD
Gastón A. Rodriguez-Granillo, Raquel del Valle, Jurgen Ligthart, Patrick W. Serruys


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