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Hybrid Intravascular Imaging Current Applications and Prospective Potential in the Study of Coronary Atherosclerosis Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 61, No. 13, 2013 © 2013 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation ISSN 0735-1097/$36.00 Published by Elsevier Inc. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2012.10.057 STATE-OF-THE-ART PAPER Hybrid Intravascular Imaging Current Applications and Prospective Potential in the Study of Coronary Atherosclerosis Christos V. Bourantas, MD, PHD,* Hector M. Garcia-Garcia, MD, PHD,* Katerina K. Naka, MD,† Antonios Sakellarios, BSC,‡ Lambros Athanasiou, BSC,‡ Dimitrios I. Fotiadis, PHD,‡ Lampros K. Michalis, MD,† Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PHD* Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and Ioannina, Greece The miniaturization of medical devices and the progress in image processing have allowed the development of a multitude of intravascular imaging modalities that permit more meticulous examination of coronary pathology. However, these techniques have significant inherent limitations that do not allow a complete and thorough as- sessment of coronary anatomy. To overcome these drawbacks, fusion of different invasive and noninvasive im- aging modalities has been proposed. This integration has provided models that give a more detailed understand- ing of coronary artery pathology and have proved useful in the study of the atherosclerotic process. In this review, the authors describe the currently available hybrid imaging approaches, discuss the technological innova- tions and efficient algorithms that have been developed to integrate information provided by different invasive techniques, and stress the advantages of the obtained models and their potential in the study of coronary atherosclerosis. (J Am Coll Cardiol 2013;61:1369–78) © 2013 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the Atheroma burden and its composition seem to affect prog- developed world (1). Its prevalence has been attributed to nosis, as there is evidence that cardiovascular outcomes and population aging and sedentary lifestyles and is expected to the occurrence of acute coronary events depend not only on rise in the coming years. During the past decades, there has the severity of luminal narrowing but also on plaque been considerable progress in understanding the pathophys- characteristics and inflammation (2). To address these iology of coronary artery disease, while devices, imaging limitations and study in more detail the natural evolution of techniques, and therapeutic strategies have been developed atherosclerosis, considerable effort has been made in devel- aiming to optimize the treatment of patients with ischemic oping new imaging modalities that would permit the precise heart disease. These advances have made feasible the treat- evaluation of coronary pathology. Advances in signal pro- ment of complex lesions and high-risk patients, improving cessing and the miniaturization of medical devices have their prognosis and quality of life. allowed numerous intravascular imaging techniques to However, these developments have also created the need emerge (e.g., intravascular ultrasound [IVUS], optical co- for more detailed imaging of coronary anatomy and pathol- herence tomography [OCT], near-infrared spectroscopic ogy. It is apparent that contrast coronary angiography, [NIRS] imaging, intravascular magnetic spectroscopy, in- which is the traditional method for the visualization of travascular magnetic resonance imaging, Raman spectros- coronary artery disease, has significant limitations in assess- copy, intravascular photoacoustic [IVPA] imaging, near- ing the extent and severity of atherosclerosis, as it permits infrared fluorescence [NIRF] imaging, and time resolved only a 2-dimensional evaluation of luminal dimensions and fluorescence spectroscopic [TRFS] imaging), which have is unable to provide information regarding vessel walls. enriched our knowledge of coronary atherosclerosis by providing detailed visualization of luminal and plaque mor- phology and reliable quantification of the atheroma burden From the *Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and its composition (Online Fig. 1)(3,4). Although these †Department of Cardiology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece; and the ‡Unit modalities offer a plethora of new data, each also has of Medical Technology and Intelligent Information Systems, Department of Mate- rials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece. Dr. inherent limitations that do not allow complete evaluation Bourantas is supported by the Hellenic Heart Foundation. Dr. Michalis has received of the coronary arteries (Online Appendix). To address this research grants from Menarini. All other authors have reported that they have no drawback, hybrid imaging has been proposed. Hybrid im- relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose. Manuscript received May 7, 2012; revised manuscript received October 6, 2012, aging is the combination of different imaging techniques accepted October 9, 2012. with complementary strengths into advanced images and 1370 Bourantas et al. JACC Vol. 61, No. 13, 2013 Applications of Hybrid Intravascular Imaging April 2, 2013:1369–78 Abbreviations models that allow more detai- include advanced visualization modules for comprehensive and Acronyms led and comprehensive coronary 3D coronary representation (Fig. 1)(13–15). Although visualization. these provide holistic and detailed coronary visualization, computed ؍ CTCA tomographic coronary The aims of this review are to they have applications only in research. This controversy has angiography describe the currently available been attributed to the facts that coronary reconstruction is intravascular intravascular-based hybrid imag- time consuming and requires specific expertise and that the ؍ IVPA photoacoustic ing modalities, cite the advantages additional information it provides cannot affect medical .intravascular of the provided images and mod- management ؍ IVUS ultrasound els, stress the methodological lim- Fusion of IVUS and computed tomography. The inte- near-infrared itations of each approach, and dis- gration of IVUS and x-ray may allow the evaluation of ؍ NIRF fluorescence cuss their potential value in the plaque distribution in a vessel, but it cannot include coro- -near-infrared study of coronary atherosclerosis. nary bifurcations and portray side branches. Two ap ؍ NIRS spectroscopic proaches have been proposed for this purpose, but both optical coherence Hybrid Intravascular Imaging: appear tedious and time consuming (16,17). This limitation ؍ OCT tomography Current Status was addressed by the method developed by van der Giessen quantitative et al. (18), who fused IVUS and computed tomographic ؍ QCA coronary angiography Fusion of IVUS and coronary coronary angiographic data. The proposed method used angiography. The fusion of ؍ 3D 3-dimensional computed tomographic coronary angiography (CTCA) to IVUS and x-ray angiography was -time-resolved define the centerline of the lumen and anatomical land ؍ TRFS fluorescence spectroscopic performed for the first time in 1992 marks seen on both IVUS and CTCA to identify the and was the first intravascular- position and the orientation of IVUS images onto the based hybrid imaging technique extracted centerline. Similar approaches have been recently (5). Although the proposed approach had significant method- proposed by Boogers et al. (19) and Voros et al. (20) ological limitations, it opened new horizons in coronary rep- (Online Fig. 2). resentation, as it combined information regarding vessel ge- Although these methods are restricted only to patients ometry (given by coronary angiography) and vessel wall who have undergone CTCA, coronary angiography, and pathology (provided by IVUS). In recent years, several more IVUS, they have attracted attention because they permit efficient methodologies have been introduced that have man- direct comparison of the estimations of IVUS and aged to overcome the limitations of this approach (e.g., CTCA. This erratic combination of invasive and nonin- unreliable extraction of the catheter path and orientation of the vasive techniques has broken the boundaries of conven- IVUS frames) and achieve reliable and complete coronary tional imaging and allowed the detailed evaluation of the representation (6–8). capabilities and limitations of CTCA in characterizing The obtained 3-dimensional (3D) models allow compre- coronary atheroma. Thus, these techniques have already hensive visualization of vessel geometry and plaque distri- been used to demonstrate that CTCA provides reliable bution and have been extensively used in research to study identification of plaque and accurate evaluation of the the association between local hemodynamic factors and the luminal, outer vessel wall, and plaque dimensions, but it progression of atherosclerosis. Thus, today it is known that has moderate capability in assessing the proportions of low and oscillatory shear stress have both atheropromoting different plaque types in its composition (19,21). and neointimal formation effects and contribute to the Combination of IVUS and NIRS imaging. IVUS has development of high-risk plaques (9–11). Recently, the limited capability in detecting the composition of the PREDICTION (Prediction of Progression of Coronary plaque, while the radiofrequency backscatter analysis of the Artery Disease and Clinical Outcome Using Vascular Pro- IVUS signal, which seems to provide more reliable plaque filing of Shear Stress and Wall Morphology) study was characterization, results in erroneous
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