Images in cardiovascular medicine. Detection of luminal-intimal border and coronary wall enhancement in intravascular ultrasound imaging after injection of microbubbles and simultaneous sonication with transthoracic echocardiography.
Vavuranakis
Manolis
M
Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece. mvav@otenet.gr
Kakadiaris
Ioannis A
IA
O'Malley
Sean M
SM
Stefanadis
Christodoulos
C
Vaina
Sophia
S
Drakopoulou
Maria
M
Mitropoulos
Ioannis
I
Carlier
Stephane
S
Naghavi
Morteza
M
D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D045423:Microbubbles; D008875:Middle Aged; D013010:Sonication; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*