title: Visualization of stents in the left anterior descending coronary artery by transthoracic echocardiography in pigs and humans.
abstract: In this study, we demonstrate that coronary artery stents can be visualized by transthoracic 2-dimensional echocardiography. We were able to image stents in the left anterior descending coronary artery in 6 of 6 pigs and in 6 of 7 patients studied.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaux
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naqvi
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents; D013552:Swine