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Fig. 2 | Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Fig. 2

From: Relationship between coronary high-intensity plaques on T1-weighted imaging by cardiovascular magnetic resonance and vulnerable plaque features by near-infrared spectroscopy and intravascular ultrasound: a prospective cohort study

Fig. 2

Representative images of coronary plaque with and without high intensity plaque (HIP). The left panel shows the images of a patient with HIP, and the right panel shows the images of a patient without HIP. A culprit lesion site is detected on coronary angiography (white dotted arrow). After identifying the same site using an anatomical reference image, the presence of HIP was confirmed using dark-blood T1-weighted imaging (yellow arrow). In addition, NIRS-IVUS showed plaque morphology (soft plaque or fibrous plaque) and the maximum LCBI at the 4-mm segment using a chemogram. LCBI, lipid-core burden index; NIRS, near infrared spectroscopy

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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

ISSN: 1532-429X

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