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For over a decade, coronary angiography has been the “gold standard” in the appraisal of the coronary anatomy and the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. However, the introduction of percutaneous coronary revascularization, along with increasing evidence of the prognostic importance of atherosclerotic plaque composition, has fostered the concept that simple coronary angiography is limited in estimating the distribution and extent of coronary pathology. Indeed, angiography only shows the vessel lumen, a perspective that is insufficient in representing the complex nature of coronary disease.
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Sangiorgi, G.M., Politi, L., Leuzzi, C., Mattioli, L., Rollini, F., Fioranelli, M. (2013). Intravascular Ultrasound: From Gray-Scale to Virtual Histology. In: Dowe, D.A., Fioranelli, M., Pavone, P. (eds) Imaging Coronary Arteries. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2682-7_7
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