Journal
EUROINTERVENTION
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages 407-415Publisher
EUROPA EDITION
DOI: 10.4244/EIJY14M06_11
Keywords
angiography; endothelial shear stress; intravascular ultrasound; optical coherence tomography; three-dimensional reconstruction
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- George D. Behrakis Fellowship
- Hellenic Heart Foundation
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Aims: To develop a methodology that permits accurate 3-dimensional (3D) reconstruction from FD-OCT and angiographic data enabling reliable evaluation of the ESS distribution, and to compare the FD-OCT-derived models against the established models based on angiography/IVUS. Methods and results: Fifteen patients (17 coronary arteries) who underwent angiography, FD-OCT and IVUS examination during the same procedure were studied. The FD-OCT and IVUS lumen borders were placed onto the 3D luminal centreline derived from angiographic data. Three-dimensional geometry algorithms and anatomical landmarks were used to estimate the orientation of the borders appropriately. ESS was calculated using computational fluid dynamics. In 188 corresponding consecutive 3-mm segments, FD-OCTand IVUS-derived models were highly correlated for lumen area (r=0.96) and local ESS (r=0.89) measurements. FD-OCT-based 3D reconstructions had a high diagnostic accuracy for detecting regions exposed to proatherogenic low ESS identified on the IVUS-based 3D models, considered as the gold standard (receiver operator characteristic area under the curve: 94.9%). Conclusions: FD-OCT-based 3D coronary reconstruction provides anatomically correct models and permits reliable ESS computation. ESS assessment in combination with the superior definition of plaque characteristics by FD-OCT is expected to provide valuable insights into the effect of the haemodynamic environment on the development and destabilisation of high-risk plaques.
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