title: Coronary artery wall enhances with intracoronary injection of echocontrast media during in vivo intravascular ultrasound.
abstract: Currently, vascularity of the coronary artery wall can be assessed only in vitro. We sought to determine if there is any contrast enhancement of the coronary artery wall after injection of echocontrast media during in vivo intravascular ultrasound imaging, which may represent blood flow within the wall supplied by the vasa vasorum.
authors.affiliation: 19 Mayis University, Cardiology Department, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Okan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gulel
authors.forename: Ilke
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sipahi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Murat Tuzcu
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kapadia
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional; D014651:Vasa Vasorum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media