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A superficial femoral artery calcification: insights from a multi-imaging modality assessment with computed tomography, electronic high-resolution angioscopy, and optical frequency domain imaging

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We are grateful to Dr. Keita Okayama the inventor of Zemporshe for suggesting the topic and useful discussions. We also would like to express our gratitude to Mr. John Martin for his grammatical assistance.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, 2-17-77 Higashinaniwa-cho, Amagasaki, 660-8550, Japan

    Yuji Nishimoto, Rei Fukuhara, Masanao Toma, Tadashi Miyamoto & Yukihito Sato

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

    Fumiyuki Otsuka

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Supplementary material 1 Movie 1. Procedural high-resolution angioscopy from the middle to proximal superficial femoral artery. Continuous images of high-resolution angioscopy while pulling back in the superficial femoral artery from middle to proximal demonstrate an irregular-surfaced protruding mass, which presently seemed to be fragmented, with a little thrombus in the proximal superficial femoral artery. (MP4 4264 kb)

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Supplementary material 2 Movie 2. Procedural optical frequency domain imaging from the middle to proximal superficial femoral artery. Continuous images of optical frequency domain imaging while pulling back in the superficial femoral artery from middle to proximal showing an irregular-surfaced protruding mass with high backscattering signals surrounded by calcified plates, suggestive of a calcified nodule with a luminal thrombus or nodular calcification. (MP4 3363 kb)

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Nishimoto, Y., Fukuhara, R., Otsuka, F. et al. A superficial femoral artery calcification: insights from a multi-imaging modality assessment with computed tomography, electronic high-resolution angioscopy, and optical frequency domain imaging. Cardiovasc Interv and Ther 35, 313–314 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12928-019-00601-0

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