Visualization of stents in the left anterior descending coronary artery by transthoracic echocardiography in pigs and humans.
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.
Birnbaum
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Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Chaux
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Luo
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Nagai
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Naqvi
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Siegel
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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