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Figure 4 Representatives of Coronary Pressure and Temperature With IVUS Images

Coronary plaque temperature and coronary pressure by the pressure/temperature guidewire and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images in patients with left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) reperfusion (top panel) and total occlusion (bottom panel). Angiographically most stenotic site (A), the maximal temperature (Tmax) site (B), and the site of culprit plaque by IVUS (C) were closely located to each other (top panel). The angiographic occlusive site (D) was considerably more proximal by 9 mm, compared with both the Tmax site (E) and the site of culprit plaque by IVUS (F), and the Tmax site and the site of culprit plaque by IVUS were located close to each other (bottom panel).