The role of intravascular ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with coronary artery disease.
Approximately 95% of the coronary vasculature is atherosclerotic before lesions are visible by coronary angiography. Intravascular ultrasound assesses the burden of coronary atherosclerosis, as well as clarifying the anatomical and physiological characteristics of ambiguous lesions.
Schwartz
Leonard
L
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, M5G 2C4, Canada.
Bui
Sanh
S
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D015607:Stents; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends