IMR Press / RCM / Volume 24 / Issue 2 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2402045
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Intracoronary Diagnostics in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
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1 Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 150086 Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
2 Key Laboratory of Myocardial Ischemia, Harbin Medical University, 150086 Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
*Correspondence: jhb101180@163.com (Haibo Jia)
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2023, 24(2), 45; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2402045
Submitted: 12 October 2022 | Revised: 3 December 2022 | Accepted: 12 December 2022 | Published: 6 February 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Pathophysiology of Acute Coronary Syndromes)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Despite the increasing number of coronary interventions in China, long-term adverse cardiovascular events remain high, especially in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The advent of intracoronary imaging and coronary physiological diagnostic techniques, such as optical coherence tomography (OCT), intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), and flow reserve fraction (FFR), has optimized the diagnosis and risk classification of patients with ACS. Intracoronary diagnostics compensate for the deficiencies of conventional coronary angiography in identifying and incriminating lesions and high-risk lesions. The combination of intracoronary imaging and physiological techniques is expected to achieve a comprehensive evaluation of the structural features and physiology of the coronary arteries, thus further tailoring and improving the prognosis of patients.

Keywords
acute coronary syndrome
intracoronary imaging
coronary physiology
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