...: 71 patients with renovascular hypertension were randomized into group I (PTRA + IVBT) or group II (PTRA). 9 patients who required stent implantation were excluded. Both baseline and 9-month follow-up quantitative computerized angiography and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) analysis were performed...

... strategy. Until now, intravascular ultrasound imaging (IVUS) has been the only in vivo imaging modality which allows serial analysis of plaque burden and plaque composition on a volumetric basis. Several serial IVUS studies have shown that chronic statin therapy could decrease or even halt plaque growth...