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Figure 6 Intravascular magnetic resonance imaging (IVMRI) results in ex vivo human coronary arteries. Intermediate lesions on coronary angiography underwent interrogation with the IVMRI probe. Top row shows the lesions on postmortem angiography. The arrows point (left to right) to lesions in the intermediate, right coronary, and left anterior descending arteries. The middle row shows the histology of these lesions, indicating a stable plaque on the left, a stable plaque with a deep necrotic core (+) in the middle, and a thin fibrous-cap atheroma (TFCA) on the right (necrotic core, *). The bottom row is the corresponding IVMRI results, indicating (left to right) no substantial lipid deposition, lipid deposit/necrotic core deep within the arterial cross-section, and a TFCA with increased lipid deposition noted in three of four deep bands (yellow) and two of four superficial bands. Adapted from Schneiderman et al. (45).
