The histological analysis of the coronary medial thickness: Implications for percutaneous coronary intervention.
Takao KonishiSaikat Kumar B GhoshYu SatoRika KawakamiKenji KawaiAimee E VozenilekWeili XuArielle BellissardRobert GiasolliDiljon ChahalRenu VirmaniAloke V FinnPublished in: PloS one (2023)
The human coronary arteries demonstrate variation in medial thickness which tends to vary depending upon an epicardial coronary artery itself, as well as its segments and branches. Understanding these variations in medial thickness can be useful for both the interventionalists and interventional product development teams.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- optical coherence tomography
- pulmonary artery
- endothelial cells
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- acute myocardial infarction
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- atrial fibrillation
- aortic stenosis
- left ventricular