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T his review updates the role of various intravascular imaging techniques (1) in the detection of vulnerable plaque and (2) during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), especially drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation and follow-up-including intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), virtual histology (VH-IVUS) and integrated backscatter (IB-IVUS), optical coherent tomography (OCT), near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, angioscopy, and MRI.
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