Diagnosis of Macrophage Coronary Plaque by Optical Tomographic Imaging (OCT pathology)

Young-Hak Kim, MD, PhD

Status: Completed

Conditions: Atherosclerotic Plaque

Treatments: Procedure: The heart subject will undergo OCT

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02649881

AMCCV2015-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluated optimal macrophage diagnosis algorithm through comparative analysis between coronary artery, OCT image, and IVUS, and improve a diagnosis rate of vulnerable coronary plaque accompanied with macrophage infiltration.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 and above
• Patients who are to receive heart transplantation
• Patients or their legal representatives who gave a prior written consent

Exclusion criteria

• Impossible to OCT and IVUS analysis due to severe coronary stenosis

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

isolated heart from heart transplantation

Treatment:

Procedure: The heart subject will undergo OCT