OCT pathology: Diagnosis of Macrophage Coronary Plaque by Optical Tomographic Imaging
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
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.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
---|---|---|
|
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
---|---|
isolated heart from heart transplantation
|
Procedure: The heart subject will undergo OCT
|
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- ROC curve of diagnosis [within 48 hours]
Receiver Operating Characteristic curve of diagnosis through existing NSD(normalized standard deviation)-based method and developed algorithm in the diagnosis of coronary plaque accompanied with macrophage infiltration
Secondary Outcome Measures
- fibrin accumulation [within 48 hours]
- neoatherosclerosis [within 48 hours]
- elastic lamia [within 48 hours]
- cholesterol crystal [within 48 hours]
- microcalcification [within 48 hours]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
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
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Asan Medical Center | Seoul | Songpa-Gu | Korea, Republic of |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Young-Hak Kim, MD, PhD
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- AMCCV2015-03