RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRESENCE OF LIPID DETECTED BY NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY AND STENOSIS SEVERITY IN TERMS OF ANATOMY AND FUNCTION

The relationship between the morphological features and the functional severity of epicardial coronary stenosis has not been fully elucidated. Intracoronary near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been developed for the detection of lipid in coronary plaques, and high lipid core burden index (LCBI) is