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1729826

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-11
pubmed:abstractText
Intravascular ultrasound provides high resolution cross-sectional images of vessel walls and may help to characterize atherosclerotic plaque morphology subtypes. This new imaging modality may have an important role in assessing the results of standard and investigational interventional therapeutic procedures. Four case histories of patients with coronary artery disease treated with different catheter-based therapies are presented. In each case, intravascular ultrasound added diagnostic information unobtainable from standard radiographic imaging techniques. These cases, involving PTCA (balloon dilatation), directional coronary atherectomy, high-speed rotational ablation, and balloon-expandable stent implantation, each represent an interesting example of procedure success or failure that could not be fully discerned without the use of intravascular ultrasound. Specifically, the distribution of intramural dissection, the presence and magnitude of intracoronary calcification, and morphologic patterns of intimal hyperplasia leading to restenosis, were accurately identified by ultrasound images. Thus intracoronary ultrasound imaging significantly enhances the understanding of failure modes, success, and complications after therapeutic interventions in patients with complex coronary disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0002-8703
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
123
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
200-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Failure or success of complex catheter-based interventional procedures assessed by intravascular ultrasound.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports