Assessment of coronary stent by intravascular ultrasound.
The use of intravascular ultrasound to assess the adequacy of the deployment of an intracoronary stent is described. Although angiographically a good result was suggested, intravascular ultrasound showed this to be misleading.
Deaner
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Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Cubukcu
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Rees
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D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents