March 22, 2012 — Infraredx Inc. announced that its TVC Imaging System for the true vessel characterization of coronary artery disease will be featured in 11 oral and poster presentations, including a panel during the Cardiovascular Innovations Educational Forum, at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Annual Scientific Session held March 24-27, 2012, in Chicago.
The TVC Imaging System is an intravascular imaging system aids management of coronary artery disease by providing information that is critical for evaluating vessel structure and composition. The system’s improved image resolution delivers better clinical detail, providing more reliable vessel interpretation and assessment. The device is the only multimodality imaging system to combine both intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS).
“We are pleased to present important new information on the TVC Imaging System at the ACC.12 meeting,” said James E. Muller, M.D., founder, chairman and chief medical officer of Infraredx. “Our IVUS image provides a high quality view of structures – vessel diameter, stent expansion – and our NIR data, obtained in the same pullback, provides accurate, automated detection of lipid core plaque. New data to be presented show that the versatile spectroscopy method can identify cap thickness as well as lipid core detection, and a comparison with non-invasive CTA shows the potential of CTA to serve as a screening tool for lipid core plaque. A potential screening strategy employing new technology will be featured in a special session in the Exposition Hall.”
The company will be exhibiting at booth #3054. The technology will also be discussed in several sessions. The schedule of oral and poster presentations at ACC.12 and ACC-i2 with TCT, including a panel during the Cardiovascular Innovations Educational Forum, is as follows:
Cardiovascular Innovations Educational Forum
On Sunday, March 25 at 3:55 p.m., Muller will discuss the TVC Imaging System in a presentation titled “The Role of Invasive Imaging with IVUS, NIR, and OCT to Confirm the Presence of Vulnerable Plaques” during the panel discussion “The Role of Innovative Technologies in a Novel Strategy to Prevent First Coronary Event.” The panel, which is part of the Cardiovascular Innovations Educational Forum, will be held in Hall A2 of the CV Theater.
Case Sessions
On Saturday, March 24 from 2-5 p.m., the TVC Imaging System will be a subject of discussion during the “Live and Taped Case Session I: Multivessel PCI- Physiology and Imaging” session, being held during the i2 Live and Taped Cases (Session #2201) in Hall B of the ACC.12 Main Tent.
The session will be chaired by Gary S. Mintz, M.D., chief medical officer, Cardiovascular Research Foundation. Mintz will give a presentation titled “The Exploding World of Intravascular Imaging: IVUS, OCT, NIRS, etc - Practical Use during PCI” (Presentation #2201-13) from 3:45 to 4 p.m.
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, M.D., Ph.D., director, cardiac catheterization laboratories, VA North Texas Health Care System, and associate professor of medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, will present a taped case utilizing the TVC Imaging System from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Presentation #2201-15) from 4:15 to 5 p.m.
For more information: www.infraredx.com
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