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Intracoronary Thermography for Detection of High-Risk Vulnerable Plaques

Mohammad Madjid, MD^_*,, James T. Willerson, MD, FACC^_*,,a and S. Ward Casscells, MD^_*,,a,_*

^_* University of Texas–Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital/Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Endarterectomized carotid plaques show temperature heterogeneity. Reprinted, with permission, from Madjid et al. (16).

View larger version (36K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Inverse correlation of pH and temperature (°C) in human carotid artery plaques. Reprinted, with permission, from Madjid et al. (16).

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Studies with thermobasket catheter showed higher absolute temperature as well as temperature heterogeneity in femoral arteries of atherosclerotic dogs compared to their carotid arteries, which are free of disease. Adapted, with permission, from Madjid et al. (16).