Adjunctive diagnostic instruments for PCI.
Since Andreas Gruentzig's initial description of coronary angioplasty, a whole host of additional percutaneous therapeutics have been developed. Along with percutaneous therapeutics, there has also been tremendous growth in percutaneous diagnostic techniques and equipment. Additional tools have been added to the interventionalist's armamentarium to help in the assessment of coronary disease at the time of catheterization. Despite the maturity of coronary angiography including quantitative coronary angiography, the coronary angiogram, because it is an anatomic "lumenogram", has several limitations that are addressed by these newer techniques.
Dean
Larry S
LS
University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA. lsdean@ u.washington.edu
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017546:Angioscopy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D053805:Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional