Severely calcified lipidic atheroma on intravascular ultrasound and near-infrared spectroscopy imaging: its association with slow-flow phenomenon during percutaneous coronary intervention

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is available at European Heart Journal - Case Reports online. Consent: The author/s confirm that written consent for submission and publication of this case report including image(s) and associated text has been obtained from the patient in line with COPE guidance. Conflict of interest: none declared. References 1 Otsuka F , Sakakura K , Yahagi K , Joner M , Virmani R. Has our understanding of calcification in human coronary atherosclerosis progressed? Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2014 ; 34 : 724 – 736 . 2 Pu J , Mintz GS , Biro S , Lee JB , Sum ST , Madden SP , Burke AP , Zhang P , He B , Goldstein JA , Stone GW , Muller JE , Virmani R , Maehara A. Insights into echo-attenuated plaques, echolucent plaques, and plaques with spotty calcification: novel findings from comparisons among intravascular ultrasound, near-infrared spectroscopy, and pathological histology in 2,294 human coronary artery segments . J Am Coll Cardiol 2014 ; 63 : 2220 – 2233 .