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SUBMITTER: Shah N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4959304 | biostudies-other | 2016 Jan-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Shah Nikunj N Ussen Bassey B Mahmoudi Michael M
JRSM cardiovascular disease 20160101
Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease remains a leading cause of worldwide morbidity and mortality. Invasive angiography currently remains the gold standard method of diagnosing and treating coronary disease; however, more sophisticated adjunctive interventional technologies have been developed to combat the inter and intra-observer variability frequently encountered in the assessment of lesion severity. Intravascular imaging now plays a key role in optimising percutaneous coronary interventio ...[more]