Intravascular ultrasound assessment of lumen size and wall morphology in normal subjects and patients with coronary artery disease.

Nissen, S.E.; C. Gurley, John; L. Grines, Cindy; C. Booth, David; D. McClure, Roy; Berk, Michael; Fischer, Charles; N. DeMaria, Anthony

doi:10.1161/01.cir.84.3.1087

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Intravascular ultrasound assessment of lumen size and wall morphology in normal subjects and patients with coronary artery disease.

Published in Circulation • Sep 1, 1991

Authors:

S.E. Nissen

John C. Gurley

Cindy L. Grines

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Necropsy studies demonstrate that coronary artery disease (CAD) is frequently complex and eccentric. However, angiography provides only a silhouette of the vessel lumen. Intravascular ultrasound is a new tomographic imaging method for evaluation of coronary dimensions and wall morphology...

Subject

Medicine

Intravascular ultrasound

Ultrasound

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