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Remodeling Index Compared to Actual Vascular Remodeling in Atherosclerotic Left Main Coronary Arteries as Assessed With Long-Term (12 Months) Serial Intravascular Ultrasound

Clemens von Birgelen, MD, PhD^_*,_*, Marc Hartmann, MD^_*, Gary S. Mintz, MD, FACC, Dirk Böse, MD, Holger Eggebrecht, MD, Till Neumann, MD, Mario Gössl, MD, Heinrich Wieneke, MD, Axel Schmermund, MD, Martin G. Stoel, MD^_*, Patrick M.J. Verhorst, MD, PhD^_* and Raimund Erbel, MD, FACC

^_* Medisch Spectrum Twente, Department of Cardiology, Enschede, the Netherlands
Essen University, Department of Cardiology, Essen, Germany
Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Relation between annual changes in vessel dimensions at lesion site versus the remodeling index at follow-up. Serial (baseline-to-follow-up) changes in external elastic membrane (EEM) cross-sectional area (CSA) correlated with the remodeling index at follow-up.

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Linear relation between the remodeling index at follow-up versus the remodeling index at baseline.