PROSPECT (Providing Regional Observations to Study Predictors of Events in the Coronary Tree) was the first prospective, international, multicenter, natural history study using 3-vessel multimodality intracoronary imaging to quantify the clinical event rate due to atherosclerotic progression and to identify those lesions which place patients at risk for unexpected adverse cardiovascular events. This landmark study of 700 Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) patients was co-funded by Volcano and utilized Volcano's proprietary VH® IVUS technology to classify lesions by plaque type. Three-year clinical event data was presented by Dr. Gregg Stone of Columbia University Medical Center on September 24, 2009 at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference in San Francisco, CA.

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VH IVUS Lesion Assessment

Summary Slides

Currently, over 100 publications exist in support of Volcano's VH IVUS technology. This slide deck provides summaries of these VH IVUS publications across several focus areas:

  • Basic VH IVUS Principles
  • VH IVUS Basic Correlations
  • VH IVUS Reproducibility
  • Vulnerable Plaque Studies
  • VH IVUS Clinical Studies
    • Coronary Studies
    • Systemic Therapy Trials (IBIS I & II)
    • Heart Transplant Studies
  • VH IVUS Peripheral Studies
    • Peripheral Arterial Disease
    • Carotid Artery Disease
  • Reviews
  • Editorials
  • Abstracts & e-posters