Plaque Vulnerability as Assessed by Radiofrequency Intravascular Ultrasound in Patients with Valvular Calcification.

Nagendra Boopathy SenguttuvanSharath KumarWang Soo LeeSundeep MishraJun Hwan ChoJee Eun KwonSeong Hyeop HyeonYun Sang JeongHoyoun WonSeung Yong ShinKwang Je LeeTae Ho KimChee Jeong KimSang-Wook Kim

Published in: PloS one (2016)

There is a significant relationship between valvular calcifications and VH-IVUS assessment of TCFAs. Valvular calcification indicates a greater atherosclerosis disease complexity (increased calcification of the coronary plaque) and vulnerable coronary plaques (higher incidence of VH-TCFA).

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