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Invasive angiography is the most commonly used modality for the assessment of coronary atherosclerosis. However, angiography is limited by image resolution and is thus unable to interrogate the individual components of the arterial vessel wall or delineate the dynamic nature of atherosclerosis. Intravascular ultrasound and more recently optical coherence tomography increase image resolution, above conventional angiography, and have informed our understanding of vascular biology in health and disease. The practice of interventional cardiology has been highly influenced by knowledge gained from these imaging techniques during coronary interventions and with medical therapy.

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Philip, F., Kapadia, S.R. (2014). Advanced Coronary Imaging. In: Nicholls, S., Crowe, T. (eds) Imaging Coronary Atherosclerosis. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0572-0_2

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