Safety of intracoronary ultrasound imaging in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
In 103 patients with acute myocardial infarction, intracoronary ultrasound imaging (ICUS) was performed before and after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with a pre-PTCA success rate of 79 of 103 patients (76.7%), post-PTCA rate of 88 of 103 patients (85.4%), and a reversible subacute occlusion rate after initial ICUS of 3.9%. Time consumption was 7 +/- 1 minute for pre-PTCA ICUS and 3 +/- 1 minute for post-PTCA ICUS.
Bocksch
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Division of Cardiology, Virchow Klinikum and German Heart Institute Berlin, Humboldt Universitaet Berlin.
Schartl
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Beckmann
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Dreysse
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Fleck
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D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional