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.
Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece. mvav@otenet.gr
Manolis
M
Vavuranakis
Ioannis A
IA
Kakadiaris
Sean M
SM
O'Malley
Christodoulos
C
Stefanadis
Sophia
S
Vaina
Maria
M
Drakopoulou
Ioannis
I
Mitropoulos
Stephane
S
Carlier
Morteza
M
Naghavi
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*