title: Safety of intracoronary ultrasound imaging in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Virchow Klinikum and German Heart Institute Berlin, Humboldt Universitaet Berlin.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bocksch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schartl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dreysse
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fleck
mesh_terms: 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